Greens/EFA Round up - Debriefing of the Strasbourg plenary week 12-15...
Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included: LuxLeaks appeal trial; 4th Railway Package: missed opportunity for progress; New Greens/EFA co-presidents and bureau announced; Commission...
View ArticleGreens/EFA Round up - Debriefing of the Strasbourg plenary week 21-24...
Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included: Occupational retirement provision; EU-Turkey relations; Conflict minerals trialogue; Council/Commission Statements on outcome of COP22; EU...
View ArticleGreens/EFA Round up - Debriefing of the Strasbourg plenary week 24-27 October...
Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included: Breaches of democracy, rule of law, fundamental rights; Commission Work Programme; Corporate Tax package; Democracy and press freedom Hungary;...
View ArticleIn solidarity with Népszabadság - Questions about media freedom and pluralism...
The biggest Hungarian opposition daily newspaper Népszabadság was summarily shut down over the weekend of 8-9 October 2016. Journalists were told that their offices were being moved to another building...
View ArticleGreens/EFA Round up - Debriefing of the Strasbourg plenary week 3-6 October 2016
Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included: transparency; GMO cultivation faces objection vote; Commission hearing on macro-economic conditionality for Portugal & Spain; Legal Aid...
View ArticleGreens/EFA Round up - Debriefing of the Strasbourg plenary week 12-15...
Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included: Car emissions scandal; Work-life balance; Rule of law in Poland; Situation in Turkey; State of the Union; Social dumping in the EU; Asylum -...
View ArticleSakharov Prize 2016 - Greens/EFA nominate Can Dündar for defending of freedom...
The Greens/EFA group has agreed to nominate Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist, columnist and documentarian, for this year's Sakharov Prize.
View ArticleOut there - Celebrating diversity, fighting for equal rights & open societies
Pride is first and foremost political. It is not just about dressing up and bringing some more colour and glitter into the world. The Pride season is about equal rights for all. It is about the right...
View ArticleOUT THERE: Celebrating diversity, fighting for equal rights & open societies
Pride is first and foremost political. It is not just about dressing up and bringing some more colour and glitter into the world. The Pride season is about equal rights for all. It is about the right...
View ArticleGreens/EFA Round up - Debriefing of the Strasbourg plenary week 4-8 July 2016
Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg plenary included: Energy labels and a common sense A-G system; Human trafficking and EU external relations; UK referendum aftermath; Diverting development aid...
View ArticleReport on human trafficking - Trafficking reduces human beings into commodities
Modern slavery, forced prostitution, recruitment of child soldiers – trafficking in human beings has a lot of different appearances.
View ArticleUlrike Lunacek meets Azeri political prisoners
Ulrike Lunacek met today with Rasul Jafarov and Anar Mamadli, two of the Azeri political prisoners recently released from jail.
View ArticleALL OF US – MOBILISING FOR RAINBOW FAMILIES - Joint declaration of Members of...
LGBTI rights are human rights. Lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, trans and intersex persons should enjoy the same rights, duties and opportunities as well as the same level of protection as any other person...
View ArticleGreens/EFA Round up - Debriefing of the Strasbourg plenary week 9-13 May 2016
Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg plenary included improving transparency of foreign direct investment; Greek bailout and Euro crisis in the spotlight again; Situation in Turkey and visa...
View ArticleMake the digital single market inclusive!
The Juncker Commission placed the completion of the Digital Single Market (DSM) as one of its ten priorities. However, the current approach of the European Commission is way too narrow.
View ArticleGreens/EFA Round up - Debriefing of the Strasbourg plenary week 11-15 April 2016
Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg plenary included air passenger data retention (PNR); strengthening data protection in the EU; Erasmus+ scheme; ensuring sustainable fisheries beyond EU waters;...
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