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    ©Rebecca Cruz (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
    Pay your fair share
    Policy Paper |

    The Roadmap Towards a Green Tax Fix

    We know there can be tax justice in the EU. But for this, we need the EU to be brave. An EU that we can be proud of is an EU that does not surrender to the powers of billionaires and multinationals. It is one that ensures that the people and the planet are at the core of all its decisions, not profit.
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    Press release |

    Ana Miranda elected Vice-Chair of Parliament's Petitions Committee

    EFA MEP Ana Miranda has just been elected first vice-chair of the European Parliament's Petitions Committee, taking over from Margrette Auken, a month and a half after the BNG took her seat in the European Parliament.
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    © European Union 2021 - Source : EP
    European Parliament Strasbourg
    News |

    Debriefing of the October II plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included COP27, rule of law and media freedom in Malta, alternative fuel infrastructure, general budget for the EU for 2023, Frontex discharge 2020, social and economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis package
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    Malte Gallee at a Code Rouge protest against TotalEnergies / Malte Gallee
    Malte Gallee at a Code Rouge protest against TotalEnergies / Malte Gallee
    Opinion |

    Fighting TotalEnergies: Why climate activists shut down a giant fossil fuel corporation

    Malte Gallée
    Opinion by Malte Gallée
    Over 1000 activists from the Code Rouge/Rood coalition protested against fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies’ by blocking their sites in Belgium.
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    European flag / CC0 Markus Spiske
    Position Paper |

    Reforming EU macroeconomic governance

    With the upcoming revision of the Stability and Growth Pact, the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament adopted its position on an ambitious reform of the EU economic governance framework.
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    Maltese flag
    Press release |

    Five years after the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the press is still not free in the EU

    The European Parliament pays tribute to Daphne and other journalists' work in exposing organised crime, tax fraud and money laundering, and stresses the importance of holding those involved in such illegal activities to account.
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    © European Union 2022 - Source : EP
    Par Holmgren at the plenary
    Press release |

    MEPs call for urgent action on climate change

    A cross-party majority of MEPs passed the resolution ahead of the COP27 in Sharm El Sheik. The resolution calls for world leaders to increase their climate pledges, for a loss and damage facility, and for  $100 billion in climate finance to be paid by the end of this year to countries and regions most affected by climate change.
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    News |

    EFA MEPs want culture to be at the heart of Ukraine's recovery

    EFA MEPs Diana Riba i Giner and Piernicola Pedicini intervened in plenary to highlight the importance of culture when aiding the Ukraine recovery.
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    © European Union 2022 - Source : EP
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    Press release |

    The Greens/EFA call on Council to take decisive action on climate change

    The Greens/EFA call for a strong signal of unity and solidarity with Ukraine and demand answers to skyrocketing energy prices ahead European Council Summit. In addition, the Council must agree on concrete binding measures to limit global warming ahead of the UN Climate Conference in Sharm El Sheik.
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA support the European Parliament’s reading of EU budget for 2023

    Members of the European Parliament have adopted its position on the General Budget of the European Union for the financial year of 2023. The Greens/EFA Group supports the Parliament's reading of the budget. The Greens/EFA successfully advocated for more ambition towards tackling climate change and biodiversity crisis.