Photo by Ghiffari Haris on Unsplash The European Greens will vote on the adoption of the system of leading candidates (Spitzenkandidaten) for their 2024 EU election campaign. The European Greens will this weekend vote on the adoption of the system of leading candidates (Spitzenkandidaten) for their 2024 EU election campaign. They are also expected to welcome four new…
On 24 May Taiwan’s Ambassador Remus Li-Kuo Chen, together with members of staff from Taiwan’s Representative Office and their families, attended the “Health for All, Taiwan can Help – the bid to support Taiwan’s entry into WHA” event held at the Place du Luxembourg in front of the European Parliament. The occasion was organized by…
Photo by Chris LeBoutillier on Unsplash The Greens have launched an attack on other groups following a vote in parliament.It accused a majority of EPP, Renew, right-wing “populists and extremists” in the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee of rejecting the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on Nature Restoration. Previously, the same political alliance had rejected the proposal in…
Photo by Jack Sloop on Unsplash MEPs responsible for environment policy have voted against proposals to give what campaigners call “industrial-scale cattle farms a free pass to avoid their responsibility in wrecking the climate.” Last month, MEPs in the Agriculture Committee voted to exempt industrial-scale cattle farming exempt from EU rules limiting industrial pollution. Campaigners said they agreed to this…
Photo by Wout Vanacker on Unsplash MEPs say that new EU laws on seizing criminal assets would ensure “fast and efficient freezing operations everywhere in the EU, and quicker compensation for victims.” Euro deputies say the legislation will speed up asset freezing and confiscations and close loopholes. Members of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee last…
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash Prejudice against mental health is stopping sufferers getting vital treatment they need, a conference in the European Parliament was told. Depression and anxiety rose by 25% in the first year of the pandemic, bringing the number of people living with a mental disorder to nearly one billion people, says the WHO….
Photo by Viktoria Evseenkova on Unsplash Ukraine remains firmly on the EU agenda, both with EU leaders and for MEPs. The ongoing war in the country will be the subject of a week of special events in the European Parliament next week, back after its recess. Before that, though, at their meeting in Hiroshima, we, the leaders of…
Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash MEPs are in the United States this week for meetings with their U.S. counterparts working on EU-US cooperation on justice and home affairs. The delegation in Washington D.C. includes LIBE chair Juan Fernando López Aguilar and S&D spokesperson for justice and home affairs Birgit Sippel. They will speak to counterparts about the…
Photo by Timon Gschwind on Unsplash MEPs have underlined the need for a coordinated humanitarian response to help those already in need in Sudan. They say this is also needed to prevent the conflict from spreading over into neighbouring countries. Members have now called on European authorities and leaders to do their utmost to push both parties in…
Photo by George Pagan III on Unsplash MEPs have backed three resolutions on the respect for human rights in Algeria, Belarus and Myanmar. Deputies, at their session in Strasbourg, urged the Algerian authorities to “immediately release all those arbitrarily detained and charged for exercising their right to freedom of expression.” They say these include the prominent journalist Ihsane…
