We take the Parliament’s duty to scrutinise the Commission’s implementation of the Regulation very seriously. Together with our colleagues in the parliamentary RRF scrutiny group, we have invested substantial time and effort into reviewing individual national plans, aggregating stakeholder views and…

Heads of state and government at their summit meeting today (Monday, May 24) decided on targeted sanctions following the forced landing of a passenger plane and arrest of regime critic Roman Protasevich and his partner Sofia Sapega by Belarusian security authorities. The Greens/EFA group in the…

Commenting on the summit of EU heads of state and government on Monday and Tuesday (May 24-25), Ska Keller, Chair of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, said:

President Joe Biden announced the US support for temporarily suspending intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines. The Greens/EFA requested a plenary debate with resolution for the next sitting of the European Parliament.

Today, Members of the European Parliament will vote on their consent on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (UK TCA) that sets out the future relationship between the EU and the UK. The agreement has been provisionally applied since the start of the year to avoid disruptions between the EU and…

Yesterday, the Chinese government listed sanctions against Greens/EFA Member Reinhard Bütikofer and fellow MEPs Raphael Glucksmann, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Miriam Lexmann, and Michael Gahler and the Parliament's Human Rights Subcommittee, as well as Belgian Green MP Samuel Cogolati and MPs from the…

Today, the European Commission presented its proposal for a "Digital Green Certificate", which will attest to whether the holder has been vaccinated against Covid-19 or tested negative, or recovered from the virus, to facilitate free movement within the EU. The Green Certificate will need to be…

Ahead of the virtual European Council summit, tomorrow and Friday, Ska Keller MEP, President of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, calls for a global response to the Corona crisis, in particular the temporary lifting of intellectual property rights to allow global production and…

To diminish the number of COVID-19 cases in Europe and to keep it low, we need a common European long-term vision instead of purely national strategies.

Today, Members of the European Parliament will debate the inauguration of new United States President Joe Biden and the political situation in the US from 08:30.

Today, a deal has been reached between negotiators from the European Union and United Kingdom on a future relationship, to follow the end of the Brexit transition period, which concludes at the end of this year. The deal will still need to be approved by the European Council and the European…

Today, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, is debating the 'State of the European Union' withe Members of the European Parliament. The…