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Position papers include all papers formally adopted by our Group and thus representing our official position on major issues. Policy papers gather all briefings, brochures, statements from working groups or other Group bodies which have not been submitted to a vote but reflect a more technical position on specific topics. Studies are reports commissioned to experts and are accompanied most of the time with our political recommendations. For information and transparency purposes, we also publish here all Group letters sent to the other institutions or representatives

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28th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

Tabled by Barbara Lochbihler, Alyn Smith on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, –       having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to the UN human rights conventions and optional protocols, including the Conventi...
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Memorandum of Understanding between the EU and the League of Arab States to cooperate on counter-terrorism

Tabled by Alyn Smith, Barbara Lochbihler, Judith Sargentini, Eva Joly on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, –       having regard to its previous resolutions concerning countries of the League of Arab States (LAS), –  &...
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Medicines

The right to health and access to life-saving medicines has to be ensured in Europe. Everyone must have access to effective, safe and available medicines at unaffordable prices. The logic of medicines must change! Check out our infographics
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Green proposals and policy options for the way forward in Greece

A key benchmark for assessing how and whether a sustainable debt trajectory can be reached is the amount that according to the conditions of the programme the Greek public sector needs to devote to servicing the debt burden on a yearly basis. It has also to be noted that most of the current debt is...
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A Green Energy Union

A Green Energy Union means a common energy policy in the EU based on renewables and energy efficiency, enabling us to democratically address the most important challenges of our time.
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Situation in Egypt

Tabled by Judith Sargentini, Igor Šoltes, Ernest Urtasun, Davor Škrlec, Barbara Lochbihler, Alyn Smith, Molly Scott Cato, Eva Joly, Bodil Ceballos, Pascal Durand, Bart Staes, Ernest Maragall, on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions o...
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Situation in Ukraine

Tabled by Rebecca Harms, Ulrike Lunacek, Tamás Meszerics, Heidi Hautala, Benedek Jávor, Yannick Jadot, Peter Eriksson, Ernest Maragall, Helga Trüpel, Davor Škrlec, Igor Šoltes on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Ukrain...
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Situation in Libya

Tabled by Barbara Lochbihler, Ernest Urtasun, Davor Škrlec, Jean Lambert, Bodil Ceballos, Jordi Sebastià, Igor Šoltes, Bronis Ropė, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Judith Sargentini on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, – having regard to the United Nations Security Council ...
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Commission Work Programme for 2015

The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘Commission Work Programme 2015 – A New Start’ (COM (2014)0910), – having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘An Investment Plan for Europe’ (COM (2014)0903), – having regard to the existin...
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Free Software and Open Standards in the European Parliament

Do public bodies in Europe have an obligation to move from closed source and lock-in to vendor independence and free software? In general probably yes, but is it also true for the European Parliament? Definitely!