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    European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP
    European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP
    News |

    Debriefing of the December plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included European Council Summit, fiscal rules, COP28, rainbow families, Israel/Gaza, the Sakharov Prize, mental health and protection of consumers against addictive design of online services.
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    Person holding an EU flag in a crowd / CC0 Antoine Schibler
    Person holding an EU flag in a crowd / CC0 Antoine Schibler
    Opinion |

    Why we reject the new fiscal rules

    Philippe Lamberts
    Opinion by Philippe Lamberts
    Conservatives and socialists want to make our economies more “stable” by cutting down on the very pillars that hold our societies together. They are wrong. The age of austerity and restrictive economic policies belong to the past. There will be no sustainable debt in an unsustainable world.
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    Event |

    A minimum income to fight precarity

    Prices and the cost of living are rising. People struggle to pay their bills. More and more are at risk of poverty. We want to make sure that everyone can have a good life: a stable income, a safe home, hot meals every day and access to good quality public services.
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    Press release |

    Cyprus Confidential: All EU countries must close loopholes for corruption

    The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has just released their latest investigation into how financial firms in Cyprus have allegedly aided Russian oligarchs and billionaires in hiding their wealth offshore.
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    Letter |

    Greens-EFA letter to Vice-President Sefcovic and Commissioner-designate Hoekstra on the Green Deal

    In their letter, the Greens/EFA group wants to highlight again the climate and biodiversity crisis we are in and the emergency to act and fully deliver on the transformative EU Green Deal agenda in the months to come. Summer 2023 has been the hottest summer ever recorded. The door to keep 1.5°C alive is closing at an alarming pace and the…
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    Study |

    Tax the rich: from slogan to reality

    Having fair societies where everyone contributes proportionately is not a dream, it can be a reality, all it takes is the political will to put the billions at the service of the millions.
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    Study |

    Tackling the immediate challenges of energy poverty in the Western Balkans

    This study aims to outline current EU-Western Balkan energy cooperation schemes and propose a concrete set of recommendations, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable group affected: the energy poor.
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    What does it mean to look beyond growth video thumbnail
    What does it mean to look beyond growth video thumbnail
    Video |

    What does it mean to look beyond growth?

    What is the problem of our current economic model and who benefits from it? What needs to change? Learn from Kate Raworth, Vandana Shiva, Jason Hickel, Sandrine Dixson-Declève and Timothée Parrique.
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    Power lines with sunset / CC0 matthew-henry
    Event |

    Tackling the immediate challenges of energy poverty in the Western Balkans

    This study aims to outline current EU-Western Balkan energy cooperation schemes and propose a concrete set of recommendations, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable group affected: the energy poor.
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    Study |

    Green jobs

    By greening our economies, we can provide high-quality green jobs to fight unemployment and at the same time combat climate change and environmental degradation. This brochure looks at Europe’s opportunities for creating green jobs and the efforts of the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament to boost green employment.