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Economic Justice
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Austerity 2.0 is another attack on democracy
Rights & liberties & The Left News
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Left MEPs on the front line to end trafficking in human beings
European Union & Peace & Solidarity
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Weaponising influence: EU falls for arms lobby charm offensive
Economic Justice & Employment and workers' rights & Social Justice & The Left News
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Left Drive Progress in Declaration on the Future of Social Europe
Migration & Social Justice
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Migration: European Parliament kills the right to asylum
In the news & International solidarity & Peace & Solidarity
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The EU leaders’ Summit letdown - now what?
Democracy & Ethics & Rights & liberties
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Protecting the watchdog: Media Freedom Act a win for democracy & journalism
Economic Justice & Energy
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Law for environmentally friendly buildings adopted
Feminism & In the news & Rights & liberties
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Mon corps, mon choix
Democracy & Ethics & Peace & Solidarity
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Latin America leads the way on Palestine solidarity
Democracy & Ethics & Economic Justice
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Council: the EU’s tireless champions of corporate, patriarchal stasis
Social Justice
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Europe’s housing crisis: Airbnb exacerbates affordability woes
Peace & Solidarity
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Taking a stand: Parliament finally backs Left’s Gaza ceasefire call
Economic Justice & Environment
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EU-Chile pact puts profit before people
Democracy & Ethics & Rights & liberties & Social Justice
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Due diligence failure: a missed opportunity to end corporate impunity
Agriculture and fisheries & Environment
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MEPs Save Crucial Nature Restoration Law
Employment and workers' rights
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From exploitation to empowerment: MEPs push for quality traineeships directive
Democracy & Ethics & Employment and workers' rights
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Ban amazon lobbyists from European Parliament
Employment and workers' rights
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Shame on EU: Ambassadors block last ditch attempt on Platform Workers Directive
International solidarity & Peace & Solidarity
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UNRWA: A lifeline for Palestinian refugees that must be maintained
Democracy & Ethics
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Faschismus ist keine Alternative !
Feminism & Rights and liberties
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Left secures stronger protection for victims of trafficking
Democracy & Ethics & Economic Justice & European Union & Tax justice
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Behind Closed Doors: Coalition Pushes Through Draconian Austerity Plan
Shower of Cuts: Social Democrats, Liberals & Right Greenlight Austerity revival
Democracy & Ethics & Social Justice & Tax justice
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Left slams Belgian EU presidency agenda
Agriculture and fisheries & Consumer rights and food safety
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Study exposes corporate profiteering from food price crisis
Economic Justice & Tax justice
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Let's Bust Austerity 2.0
Environment
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The Climate Summit's Fossil Fiasco: A Call for Radical Action
Employment and workers' rights
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Uber didn’t get to make the law
Employment and workers' rights & Environment & European Union
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Critical Raw Materials: Left secures improvements, but problems remain
Environment
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Before climate change, all people are NOT equal
Environment
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Global Solidarity for Climate Justice: Left MEPs at COP28 Dubai
Agriculture and fisheries & Environment
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A Toxic Alliance: Christian Democrats, Liberals, and far-right parties joined forces to dump the pesticide reduction law.
Rights & liberties & Trade
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End corporate impunity - Left in Geneva to demand respect for human rights
Digital & Energy & Environment
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STEP: Stop diverting public funds towards private profit
Democracy & Ethics & Feminism
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Women fighting for abortion on the shortlist for the Sakharov prize
Agriculture and fisheries & Consumer rights and food safety
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EU countries must permanently ban toxic glyphosate
Agriculture and fisheries & Consumer rights and food safety & Environment
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LEFT MEPs CONDEMN EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S 'TOXIC' GLYPHOSATE EXTENSION PROPOSAL
Energy & Trade
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Critical raw materials: the fight continues
Consumer rights and food safety
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A win for consumers in the cost of greed crisis
Environment
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Hoekstra Cannot Possibly Fill Timmerman's Shoes
Facts beat disinfo in crucial nature vote
Feminism
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Parliament votes to combat violence against women and domestic violence
Employment and workers' rights & Right to health & Rights & liberties
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A victory for workers: EU agrees strong legislation to protect workers from asbestos
Consumer rights and food safety & Environment
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50/50 split on the Nature Restoration Law - fight goes on
European Union
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The Left supports Sumar for a progressive Spain with high social & climate ambitions
Rights & liberties
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World Refugee Day: A crisis of indifference
Rights & liberties
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Migration policy under scrutiny as MEPs travel to Lampedusa
Employment and workers' rights
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EU employment ministers bow to corporate lobbies on platform work
Rights & liberties
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EU ministers seek to end the right to asylum
Peace & Solidarity
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ASAP: sacrificing social rights for weapons industry spending spree
Employment and workers' rights & Rights & liberties
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Dear EU labour ministers, will you work for us or for Uber?
Democracy & Ethics
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European Parliament demands EU action to tackle spyware
Left leaders meet in Brussels ahead of 2024 elections
Employment and workers' rights & Social Justice
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International Workers' Day: Workers Rising
Feminism
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Abortion in Poland: women forced to risk their lives
Employment and workers' rights & Social Justice
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How corporate due diligence legislation could prevent disasters such as Rana Plaza
Environment & Social Justice
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Climate justice NOW.
Energy & Events
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Building a new energy model together
Investing in Europe's future.
Brexit
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Brexit in practice
Energy
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Big Energy hits jackpot on electricity market reform
Solidarity statement with the People's Democratic Party in Türkiye
Feminism
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International women’s day: Welcome to the Resisterhood
Feminism & Healthcare and medical products
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My Choice: the Left's monthly newsletter on free, safe and legal abortion
On the loss of Curzio Maltese
European Union & Foreign Affairs & International solidarity
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Targeting of MEPs by Parliament services requires immediate investigation
Transparency
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Ethics and integrity in the European Parliament… where are we at?
Feminism
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4 reasons why the EU needs to ratify the Istanbul Convention
Israel blocks MEP from official European Parliament visit to Palestine
Democracy & Ethics & Transparency
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Fighting corruption: 4 ways the European Parliament is breaking its own promises
Rights & liberties
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European Council ready to eliminate the right to asylum in Europe
Foreign Affairs & International solidarity
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Peru: Left organises urgent mission to Lima
Employment and workers' rights
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A win for workers: Parliament faces down corporate lobbies over rights
Agriculture and fisheries
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Concrete measures needed to defend small-scale fisheries
Democracy & Ethics & Foreign Affairs
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Iran: Stop executions!
Employment and workers' rights & European Union & Tax justice
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30 Years of the Single Market: Can I kick it?
Consumer rights and food safety & Feminism
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Game over: Time to protect online gamers
Democracy & Ethics & European Union
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Expect resistance - Left sounds alarm as Swedish far-right looms over EU presidency
Foreign Affairs
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Gender apartheid - Left stands with women in Afghanistan locked out of education
Democracy & Ethics
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The Left secures debate and vote on #Qatargate
Corruption scandal shaking Parliament requires urgent clarification
Employment and workers' rights
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Study demands EU action to defend workers from subcontracting scourge
Democracy & Ethics & European Union & Rights & liberties
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No EU money for Orban's attacks on democracy
Energy & Environment
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Victory! The European Parliament calls for exiting the Energy Charter Treaty!
Energy
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Five ways EU energy policies just don’t hold up
Environment
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COP27: Big polluters continue to block ambitious climate targets
New academic paper on Irish unity in the EU
Environment
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COP 27: Left demands climate reparations for Global South
In the news
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The Left Study Days in Ostrava, Czech Republic
Events & Feminism & Foreign Affairs & Peace & Solidarity
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Afghan women call on EU to act
Democracy & Ethics
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“No struggle for what you believe in is ever futile”
Equality & Feminism & Healthcare and medical products & Rights & liberties
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Welcome to Gilead: European Parliament declares Hungary “no longer a democracy”
On Parliament’s Secretary General position & associated misleading media reports
Democracy & Ethics
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How the European Parliament voted to regulate tech giants
Democracy & Ethics & Rights & liberties
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Fact-check: Mitsotakis at the European Parliament
Energy & Environment
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EU Parliament complicit in greenwashing
Rights & liberties
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Melilla: Humane migration policy can prevent carnage at EU’s borders
Energy & Environment & Foreign Affairs & Peace & Solidarity & Tax justice & Vaccine Equality
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G(7)roundhog day?
Democracy & Ethics & Energy & Environment
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Fit for 55 Vote: Greenwashing and power games
Events & Press Conferences
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Peace & sovereignty high on agenda for Left gathering in Basque Country
Trade & Vaccine Equality
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WTO vaccines deal fails millions
Energy & Environment
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It is five past twelve: vote on the Fit for 55 package exposes massive attacks on climate protection
Employment and workers' rights & Trade
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No place in the EU for products made by forced labour
Rights & liberties
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Stop handcuffing solidarity!
Rights & liberties
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Facing prison for saving lives - sea-rescue NGOs on trial in Italy
Democracy & Ethics & Employment and workers' rights & Energy & European Union & Social Justice & Tax justice
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Whatever it takes or: the miraculous transformation of Mario Draghi
Democracy & Ethics & European Union
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Firm action needed to fix Europe’s broken democracy
Democracy & Ethics & European Union
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The future EU must be social, ecological & democratic - COFOE
Rights & liberties
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Long-overdue Frontex Director’s resignation a chance to rethink agency’s role
Rights & liberties
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Democratization of the internet: Baby-step, giant-step?
Employment and workers' rights & Rights & liberties
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Corporate due diligence: Business as usual puts people at risk in Commission cop-out
Environment
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The latest UN assessment on climate change is clear: the time to act is now
Foreign Affairs & International solidarity & Rights & liberties
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Western Sahara: Only Sahrawis can decide their future
Energy & Environment
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Five reasons Europe’s response to high energy prices makes no sense
Rights & liberties
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Equal rights for all refugees
Peace & Solidarity
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Our Call for PEACE to end the war in Ukraine
Agriculture and fisheries & Consumer rights and food safety & Environment
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Food security: EU Commission buckles under lobby pressure
Environment & Social Justice & Vaccine Equality
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The struggles that may define our generation as pandemic enters third year
Equality & Feminism & Gender equality
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Re:Sisterhood.
Employment and workers' rights & Rights & liberties
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Commission human rights due diligence proposal a whitewash
Energy & European Union & Foreign Affairs & Peace & Solidarity
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Enough war games - the EU must finally act independently & prudently.
Rights & liberties
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No more excuses - rights must be defended against authoritarian attacks
Rights & liberties
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Comprehensive inquiry needed into state spyware abuse
Foreign Affairs & International solidarity
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Left protests Colombian President over human rights record
Foreign Affairs & Rights & liberties
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Free Palestinian political prisoners in Israel's jails
Energy & Environment & European Union
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Climate & democracy ditched by Commission “taxonomy” proposal
Energy & Environment
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Left MEPs demand a science-based taxonomy.
Foreign Affairs & Rights & liberties
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Denouncing complicity with the illegal blockade of Cuba
Democracy & Ethics & Peace & Solidarity
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Memory, Dignity and Justice.
Democracy & Ethics & In the news
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Younous Omarjee re-elected chair of Regional Development committee
Foreign Affairs
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Russia/Ukraine - de-escalation & dialogue the only way forward
European Union
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The slogan: "Recovery, power, belonging", the record: arrogance, impotence, scheming
Democracy & Ethics
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Dimitrios Papadimoulis re-elected Parliament Vice-President
Energy
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“Energy poverty is not a personal burden, it’s a political failure”
David Sassoli 1956 - 2022
European Union
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3 ways Macron is using the French EU presidency to serve his reelection campaign
Democracy & Ethics
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Seguimos, venceremos y será hermoso!
Energy
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Energy crisis - EU leaders dither as bills soar
Employment and workers' rights & Equality & Gender equality & Social Justice
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Gender Equality... in 2081?
Rights & liberties
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Digital Markets Act: a small step towards reining in Big Tech
Rights & liberties
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Commission Schengen proposals a major setback for fundamental rights
Energy
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5 reasons we need energy efficiency for all (not just the rich)
Energy
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“Here people choose whether to die of cold or butane poisoning. Energy is a luxury”
European Union
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Left nominates Sira Rego for Parliament’s presidency
Peace & Solidarity & Rights & liberties
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Profiteering & new border technology
Foreign Affairs
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US denial of visa to MEP an 'insult' to Parliament
Energy & Environment
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“Big Business is jeopardising the energy transition”
Trade & Vaccine Equality
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Parliament piles pressure on EU to back TRIPS Waiver
Energy & Environment
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State of the Energy Union 2021: how to conceal market fraud
European Union
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Left reconfirms leadership team for 2024
Rights & liberties
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Poland/Belarus border: human rights first
Environment
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Climate disaster: proudly brought to you by Exxon, Shell & Co.
Brexit & International solidarity
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Our support for the Irish Protocol and Peace Process
Rights & liberties
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Facebook exposed: 6 truths that Zuckerberg can no longer hide
Foreign Affairs & Social Justice & Vaccine Equality
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European and Latin American progressives set out shared priorities
Environment & Social Justice
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Glasgow greenwashed? Left MEPs at COP26 for systemic change
Rights & liberties
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The Left demands to reconsider the decision to implement the Covid-Certificate in the European Parliament
Tax justice
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Groundhog Day: The latest tax dodging scandal is above all a political scandal.
Peace & Solidarity
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Ten years since the Aiete peace conference
Foreign Affairs
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A plea to free the Sahrawi people
Democracy & Ethics & European Union
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Left gathers in Slovenia to plan challenge to far-right
European Union
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Violent campaign of pushbacks intensifies at EU borders
Pandora papers - tax dodgers cannot get off the hook
Rights & liberties
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Open letter to Domenico "Mimmo" Lucano
Peace & Solidarity
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Left Co-President in Cyprus for peace march
Right to health & Vaccine Equality
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Why is the European Union blocking Vaccine Equality?
Environment
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Rise up before the sea does - Photo competition
Foreign Affairs
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Afghanistan: smoke and mirrors for a Fortress Europe that locks its doors
Rights & liberties
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Sahrawi human rights defender nominated for Sakharov
European Union
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The REAL State of the European Union
7 ways VDL could address the REAL SOTEU
Foreign Affairs
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Afghanistan: Europe cannot look the other way
Democracy & Ethics & Foreign Affairs
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Protection of asylum seekers fleeing Afghanistan must be top priority
Employment and workers' rights
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Posted workers' rights need strict enforcement
European Union & Rights & liberties
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Frontex ignores evidence of pushbacks - European Parliament reports
Foreign Affairs
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Cuba: end US blockade & interventionism
Environment & Social Justice
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For a ‘Fit for 2030’ that saves the planet & leaves no one behind
European Union
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Left regrets Parliament’s latest missteps on migration
Rights & liberties
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Strong ‘no’ to Hungarian anti-LGBTIQ+ law from MEPs
Tax justice
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How “profit shifting” lets multinationals drain public coffers - new study
Foreign Affairs
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EU-Turkey 'positive agenda’ has failed
European Union
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Slovenian far right government assumes EU Council presidency
Brexit
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Left criticises British government attempt to renegotiate Irish Protocol
Environment
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Left MEPs won’t support hollow Climate Law
European Union
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Frontex cannot keep evading scrutiny
Equality & Gender equality & Healthcare and medical products & Right to health
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Pandemic patriarchy - countering the far right’s war on women
Foreign Affairs
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EU summit must act to halt Erdogan’s onslaught on democracy
Democracy & Ethics
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Future of Europe clouded by parody of reform
Peace & Solidarity
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European Defence Fund: immoral & illegal
Rights & liberties
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Commission must act against Denmark’s violation of right to international protection
Vaccine Equality
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Europe’s Choice: The people or Big Pharma
Vaccine Equality
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#VaccineEquality must-reads!
Rights & liberties
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Lawyers against Frontex must be heard by Parliament’s scrutiny working group
Rights & liberties
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Human rights must be front and centre in response to the humanitarian situation in Ceuta
Right to health & Vaccine Equality
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Parliament’s vital vote to waive Covid-19 vaccine patents
Foreign Affairs
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Parliament rewards Turkey despite provocations & violations
Right to health & Vaccine Equality
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Health before profit! The world must learn lessons of HIV/AIDS response
Tax justice
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‘Amazon Method’ of tax dodging exposed in new research
Vaccine Equality
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Big Pharma strikes back: right & liberals delay MEP vote on TRIPS waiver
Foreign Affairs
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EU complicity with oppression of Palestinians fuels violent impunity
Democracy & Ethics
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Future of Europe conference must leave squabbling behind & listen to citizens
Right to health & Vaccine Equality
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Commission dithers over vaccine patents as inaction continues to kill
Employment and workers' rights
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For employment with rights, for social rights
Employment and workers' rights
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Celebrating workers’ enduring struggle for rights, equality, dignity
Peace & Solidarity
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Huge win for EU arms lobby amidst social emergency
Employment and workers' rights
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Porto Summit must centre the EU as a social project
Rights & liberties
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‘A message of democracy’ - Neo-Nazi’s immunity lifted by MEPs
Democracy & Ethics
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Left condemns far-right death threats against Iglesias
Environment
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Europe falls short of science with weak climate law deal
Democracy & Ethics
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Future of Europe conference must redress EU's widening chasm with citizens
Peace & Solidarity
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Left calls for rejection of violence after unrest in Belfast
Rights & liberties
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EU chiefs’ shameless cosying up to Erdogan condemned
Right to health & Vaccine Equality
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Our health is not for sale: time for #VaccineEquality
Vaccine Equality
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Q&A - It is time for #VaccineEquality! Join The Left’s campaign for global access to Covid-19 vaccines
Rights & liberties
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Left supports resolution to uphold rule of law in EU
Foreign Affairs
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Stop Erdogan's crackdown – Solidarity with the HDP & democratic forces in Turkey
Rights & liberties
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Frontex Management Board dodge MEP questions
Democracy & Ethics
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Future of Europe conference will either be popular or pointless
European Union
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Greater support from cohesion fund needed for local communities - new study
Foreign Affairs
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EU must support investigation into Israel war crimes
Gender equality
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IWD 2021 marks feminist fightback in struggle for women’s rights
Gender equality
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Feminist Forum shines light on women on the front line against Covid-19
Brexit
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EU must not be fooled by British over grace periods extension
Right to health & Vaccine Equality
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Patents in spotlight as Left confronts Big Pharma over intellectual property
Unprecedented challenges require sustainable & inclusive action
Democracy & Ethics
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EU must condemn Erdogan’s relentless assault on HDP parliamentarians
Rights & liberties
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Legal action against Frontex welcomed by Left MEPs
Democracy & Ethics
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Regulating Big Tech & social media platforms: long overdue or a threat to freedom of expression?
European Union & Vaccine Equality
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VDL to appear before Left group as vaccines debacle boils over
European Union & Vaccine Equality
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Left calls for parliamentary committee to investigate EU vaccines scandal
Right to health & Vaccine Equality
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Left MEPs extend VDL invitation to explain vaccine fiasco
Right to health
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EU urged to act over Israel’s refusal to vaccinate Palestinians
Rights & liberties
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Frontex’s alleged violations to be probed by new permanent scrutiny group
Right to health & Vaccine Equality
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Commission’s bungled vaccine rollout spells disaster for EU citizens
Equality
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EU should heed Parliament’s call in bettering Gender Equality Strategy
European Union
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European Parliament must declare a social emergency
Foreign Affairs
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New US President has to lead in fight against rising fascism
European Union
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Use of AI in military drive exposed in new study
Environment & Vaccine Equality
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EU vaccine contracts must be made public
Democracy & Ethics & Employment and workers' rights & Environment & Equality & Gender equality & Healthcare and medical products & Peace & Solidarity & Rights & liberties & Social Justice & Tax justice & Vaccine Equality
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The 9 fights that will define Europe in 2021
Brexit
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Brexit deal done: it must now deliver on its promises
European Union
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EU’s long-term budget insufficient in face of unprecedented social & ecological crisis
Employment and workers' rights
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European Parliament must step in to protect contractors from layoff
Brexit
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Inexcusable if 'extra mile' on Brexit talks means bypassing EU Parliament
Healthcare and medical products & Vaccine Equality
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Citizens’ Initiative chance to make cure for pandemic universal public good
European Union
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Summit to test EU leaders’ commitment to democratic standards
European Union
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Agreements on Cohesion Policy ensure vital funds for EU regions from 2021
Consumer rights and food safety
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Report into Airbnb impact on cities calls for strong EU rules to protect housing
Brexit
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Left group demands full EU Parliament scrutiny of any Brexit deal
Rights & liberties
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Dignity at heart of Left’s counterproposals to EU Migration Pact
Foreign Affairs & Rights & liberties
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Our solidarity with the Palestinian people
Equality & European Union & Gender equality & Rights & liberties & Social Justice
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Women’s struggle to root out violence in Europe
Rights & liberties
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Self-interests & political games at play in weakening Fundamental Rights report
European Union
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Turkey must cease hostility at Varosha and resume talks on Cyprus
Foreign Affairs
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Morocco’s invasion of Western Sahara firmly criticised
Equality & Rights & liberties
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Orbán’s latest attack on LGBTIQ rights strongly condemned
Rights & liberties
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5 ways COVID-19 measures have hit democracy & civil liberties
Foreign Affairs
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US elections: Left congratulates ‘Squad’ & urges EU respect for electoral process
Turkey's aggressive unilateral actions threaten Eastern Mediterranean
Employment and workers' rights
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Stop the attacks on Polish women's rights
Rights & liberties
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Frontex chief must be sacked after migrant pushback exposé
Agriculture and fisheries
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Rejection of the CAP proposal is a matter of survival for farmers and our planet
Foreign Affairs
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Bolivia elections a people's victory against right wing coup
Agriculture and fisheries
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Grand coalition anti-democratic move to undermine CAP
Turkey must cease interfering in Turkish-Cypriot leadership vote
Rights & liberties
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GUE/NGL to broadcast ‘Journalists, Whistleblowers and Defenders of the Right to Information’ award ceremony
Environment & Rights & liberties
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MEPs chat to Honduran environmental activists
Illegal provocation - Turkey's divisive move in Varosha, Cyprus
Rights & liberties
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Verdict on trial of Golden Dawn neo-Nazis - Guilty!
Environment
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Left pushes Parliament to more ambitious emissions cuts
Eight ways Wirecard exposed cosy ties between auditors, big business, & political elites
Environment & Rights & liberties
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Making illegality legal - elites against indigenous environmental activists in Honduras
Brexit
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British government must stop playing games following EU legal action
Agriculture and fisheries
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Right-wing EPP to let agribusiness hobble the new CAP
Foreign Affairs
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Turkey must end repression against the democratic opposition
European Union
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Why we are boycotting the conflicts of interest hearing of Commissioner-designates
Rights & liberties
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Migration Pact puts deportation front and centre in authoritarian drift
Healthcare and medical products
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Serious questions remain following EP hearing with pharmaceutical companies
Foreign Affairs & Peace & Solidarity
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Colombia: International Conference for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement
Employment and workers' rights
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Solidarity with Airbus workers threatened by job losses
Brexit
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International community must safeguard Good Friday Agreement from British attacks
Rights & liberties
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MEPs step up to defend minorities & women in Poland
Rights & liberties
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Left MEPs en route to Moria to show solidarity with the displaced
Rights & liberties
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Left MEPs back Berta Cáceres and Guapinol activists for Sakharov Prize
Environment
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Fossil fuels have no place in EU regions’ green transition
European Union
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Style or substance? 6 key ideas missing from VDL’s State of the EU speech
European Union
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VDL badly needs reality check over real state of Union
European Union
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The Real state of the EU - Live Blog
Foreign Affairs
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Colombian government must end repression and return to path of peace
Shameless British attack on Irish peace deal casts doubt on future of talks
Rights & liberties
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Urgent & long-term solutions more necessary than ever after Moria fire
Trade
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Statement on the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty
Brexit
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International community must protect Good Friday Agreement from British recklessness
Foreign Affairs
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Solidarity with protestors for fundamental rights in Belarus
Environment & The Left News
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MEPs prepare to slate summit deal & defend real recovery
European Union & Social Justice
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Nothing less than radical ambition will save the EU from its existential crisis
Rights & liberties
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Shortlist unveiled for 2020 GUE/NGL award for whistleblowers & journalists
Foreign Affairs
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Parliament’s delegation chair expresses concerns over human rights situation in Iran
Employment and workers' rights
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Workers' rights must be front & centre in fight against crisis
Schirdewan to Merkel: "Austerity almost destroyed the EU - I hope you have learned from those mistakes"
European Union
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9 Burning Issues Merkel must tackle during EU Corona Presidency
Foreign Affairs
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EPP peddles fake news after being outmanoeuvred by Left on Turkey debate
Environment
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Right2Cure initiative to push Commission on universal access to Covid-19 vaccines
Foreign Affairs & Social Justice
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MEPs face Europe’s past & present in vote on tackling racism
Environment
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Inquiry committee to investigate animal cruelty during transport
Democracy & Ethics & The Left News
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Merkel’s EU presidency must open “black box” of EU rule-making
Rights & liberties
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EU must heed demands of protestors against racism, inequality & police violence
Foreign Affairs
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EU condemnation not enough to stop Israeli annexation drive
Healthcare and medical products
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Access to Covid-19 vaccines & medicines must be affordable for all
Rights & liberties
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10,000 to be made homeless this Sunday by Greek government’s eviction plans
European Union
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EU takes baby steps towards solidarity but old dogmas unfit for Next Generation
Democracy & Ethics
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Lobbies at the heart of EU decision-making
Rights & liberties
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Polish court's lawsuit against LGBTI activist condemned
Agriculture and fisheries & Consumer rights and food safety & Environment
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Farm to Fork strategy must phase-out pesticides and tackle meat consumption
European Union
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Merkel-Macron rescue fund an ‘austerity trap’
Rights & liberties & Social Justice
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Solidarity & respect for fundamental rights is the cure for crisis
Parliament ‘misses opportunity’ to set terms for ambitious EU budget
Peace & Solidarity
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Israel must immediately release Palestinian children in military detention
Rights & liberties
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Apps are not the magic wand for fighting Covid-19
Social Justice
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Left proposes radical recovery plan for Europe of solidarity
Employment and workers' rights
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Rights for workers key to post-pandemic recovery
Trade
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Mexico trade deal shows EU not learning from pandemic
Environment
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Moment of truth - EU Summit must deliver credible response to Covid-19
Environment
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Covid-19 exposes the destructive legacy of neoliberalism
Environment
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MEPs discredit themselves with dull crisis-response proposals
Environment & Rights & liberties & The Left News
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Parliament offers platitudes as people face Covid-19 devastation
Trapped in deluded dogma, Eurogroup slays solidarity in face of calamity
Foreign Affairs
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EU must pressure Israel to stop inhibiting Covid-19 response in Palestine
Healthcare and medical products
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Fight pandemic with solidarity or risk EU’s future
Rights & liberties
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For the right to sing freely - Helin Bölek dies on hunger strike
Rights & liberties
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Campaign for permanent Manolis Glezos honour in EU Parliament
Social Justice
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Grassroots solidarity in times of corona crisis
Rights & liberties
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Orbán’s power grab a carte blanche for erosion of fundamental rights
Employment and workers' rights
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What should be done for workers' rights during the coronavirus pandemic
Environment
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Covid19 - Sustainable fisheries sectors need immediate support
Rights & liberties
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Loss of a hero – Manolis Glezos passes away at 97
Foreign Affairs
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On Land Day, we reaffirm our commitment to Palestinian self-determination
Environment
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Pandemic demands real EU solidarity - not authoritarian power grabs
Rights & liberties
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Commission must urgently evacuate people on external borders from COVID-19
Rights & liberties
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2020 GUE/NGL Award for Journalists, Whistleblowers and Defenders of the Right to Information
Healthcare and medical products
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Left proposes 'far-reaching' Emergency Response Plan to protect lives, jobs & incomes
Rights & liberties
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Urgent decongesting of Aegean camps needed to fend off deadly contagion
Peace & Solidarity
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Corona in camouflage: massive military exercise maintained despite health risks
Environment
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Surrender: Five reasons Greta is right about the EU’s climate law
Rights & liberties
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EU asylum policy: war on the most vulnerable
Rights & liberties
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Left MEPs tell Council & Commission to end Greek border violence
Rights & liberties
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EU & Greece must react with humanity & solidarity to Turkish border arrivals
Left parliamentarians call for radical transformation of economies & society
Left co-leader demands end to limit on green investment
Foreign Affairs
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Left MEP barred from Turkish courthouse by state security
Foreign Affairs
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'Defender 2020' on EU soil denounced as sabre-rattling
The reviled Stability & Growth Pact must be ditched
Foreign Affairs
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Trump’s Middle East plan reeks of discrimination
Brexit
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Parliament consent vote prevents Brexit crash out
Statement on Martin Buschmann
Environment
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A climate anticlimax: Left won't back Parliament's weak Green Deal text
In the news
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More than empty words needed from Croatia's EU presidency
Foreign Affairs
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Stop military escalation now
Foreign Affairs
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The US must finally withdraw from Iraq
Foreign Affairs
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Trump must be restrained to avert another Middle East war
Tax justice
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Maltese government cover-up condemned by MEPs
Six reasons the Lisbon Treaty was (and still is) a bad idea
Environment
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After COP25, integrity of Paris Agreement under threat
Brexit
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Conservative win marks bad day for people of Britain
Environment
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Live blog: UN Climate summit in Madrid
Environment
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Left launches policy for Green & Social New Deal
Foreign Affairs
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Turkey-Libya agreement ‘arbitrary and illegal’
Rights & liberties
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Member states condemned for refusing to ratify Istanbul Convention
In the news
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People & planet deserve better - Left MEPs vote against new Commission
In the news
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13 reasons we are voting against the Commission
Freedom of expression threatened in the European Parliament
Foreign Affairs
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MEPs to meet Lula in Brazil
Left MEPs set to reject VDL Commission in vote
Foreign Affairs
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Colombian government must guarantee right to protest ahead of national strike
Economic Justice & Environment & The Left News
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Left MEPs in Helsinki to discuss shift to sustainability
Serious EU pressure needed on Turkey to stop Cyprus drilling
Left MEPs reject Breton for Commission role
In the news
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Commissioner hearings: Breton, Várhelyi & Vălean
In the news
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Europe must use Berlin Wall anniversary to learn from the past
Foreign Affairs
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#LulaLivre: the struggle for justice in Brazil makes progress
Biking to burst the bubble: Manon Aubry’s tour to learn from citizen-led alternatives
Foreign Affairs
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Left MEPs' visit to Bolivia for presidential vote
Rights & liberties
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Life-saving in the Mediterranean shot down by the right wing
Social Justice
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The danger of far-right, violent extremism in Europe
Foreign Affairs
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EU must condemn Piñera's repression in Chile
Brexit
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New Brexit deal needs time for proper democratic evaluation
Foreign Affairs
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“Palestine remains the cause for justice of our times”: in conversation with Manu Pineda
Foreign Affairs
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EU must halt arms transfers to Turkey over Syria assault
Jailing of Catalan leaders strongly condemned
Foreign Affairs
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ERDOĞAN’S ILLEGAL WAR MUST BE STOPPED
Goulard’s rejection victory for integrity in the EU
In the news
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Goulard's repeat Commission hearing
Foreign Affairs
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Statement of support for Cyprus
Independent Ethics Committee vital to regain citizens’ trust
Rights & liberties
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Brazilian icons of struggle shortlisted for Sakharov prize
In the news
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Day 6: Commission hearings
Foreign Affairs
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EU MUST WORK TO STOP ERDOĞAN’S ATTACK AGAINST SYRIAN KURDS
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Day 5: Commission hearings
In the news
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Η ενιαία στάση της GUE/NGL για τον Μαργαρίτη Σχοινά ήταν η Αποχή
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Day 4: Commission hearings
In the news
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Day 3: Commission hearings
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Day 2: Commission hearings
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DAY 1: Commission hearings
In the news
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Left sets out concerns to VDL ahead of Commissioner hearings
In the news
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Commissioner-designates conflicts of interest decision ‘final’
Brexit
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British Supreme Court ruling is a game changer
The Left News
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European remembrance debate smacks of political point scoring
Rights & liberties
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Three human rights defenders for the Sakharov Prize
Brexit
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Citizens' rights and Irish peace must not be sacrificed in Brexit cliff edge
8 good reasons why Lagarde’s not fit for the ECB
Lagarde’s plenary snub shows disrespect for democracy
Economic Justice & Environment & The Left News
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Von der Leyen's proposed Commission neither social nor green
Rights & liberties
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Stop use of 'Lawfare' in political persecution
Foreign Affairs
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More on disarmament, less on arms - Left politicians say in Helsinki
Environment
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Trade Commissioner slammed for avoiding scrutiny over Amazon’s plight
Lagarde at the ECB: wrong person for the wrong job
Rights & liberties
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House attack on German Left councillor strongly condemned
In the news
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Left MEPs in Caracas for 2019 São Paulo Forum
Foreign Affairs
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Cyprus: Marking 45 years since the fascist coup and Turkish invasion
Aubry & Schirdewan to lead Left’s challenge to EU policy
In the news
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Von der Leyen scrapes through as Left vows to resist her status quo policies
Agriculture and fisheries & Environment & Social Justice
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Younous Omarjee elected Chair of Parliament’s Regional Development Committee
Left won’t support Ursula von der Leyen’s nomination for Commission top job
Sira Rego’s speech for the Presidency of the European Parliament
Backroom deal disgrace deepens EU democratic deficit
Environment
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Left MEPs demand Special Committee on Climate Emergency
Environment
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Demand for Committee of Inquiry into animal transport abuses
Democracy & Ethics & The Left News & Transparency
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Our 10 key demands for new EU top-job holders
Rights & liberties
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Spanish search and rescue boat to dock at Strasbourg Parliament
The Left News
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Left MEPs choose interim joint leadership
On the passing of former President of Cyprus, Dimitris Christofias
Rights & liberties
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MEPs urge Commission to halt Assange extradition to US
Foreign Affairs
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Cyprus: EU must take action over Turkey's provocations
Rights & liberties
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Left condemns Orbán’s academia power grab
No to backroom deals for EU top jobs
The Left News
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EU Election: Left remains strong as voters continue to demand a better Europe
Rights & liberties
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A Short History of Sexuality & Gender in Europe
Foreign Affairs
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New report: Towards a Progressive Trade Politics in the EU
EU leaders must reset the direction for Europe, starting with climate commitments
Foreign Affairs
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Turkey must stop illegal drilling in Cypriot waters
Rights & liberties
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Refugees cycling from Frankfurt to Brussels to raise awareness of those trapped in Libya
Struggle for workers’ rights in the EU more relevant than ever
Foreign Affairs
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EU must condemn Guaidó’s dangerous escalation in Venezuela
Foreign Affairs
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ISDS may be legal, but it’s another case of the EU disregarding citizens’ concerns
Foreign Affairs
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Position paper published on ISDS and the proposed Multilateral Investment Court
Rights & liberties
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MEP protesting at EU Court of Human Rights in support of Syrian family denied humanitarian visas
Rights & liberties
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FRONTEX’s unchecked power grab endangers human rights
The Left News
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European Parliament continues to allow dual-quality products in the EU
Rights & liberties
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Assange, Motarjemi & Rui Pinto win GUE/NGL whistleblower prize
Environment
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Read our Climate Emergency Manifesto
Rights & liberties
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Statement on Julian Assange’s arrest by UK authorities
Brexit
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More Brexit extension provides zero certainty for citizens
Ties with Polisario Front deepened in new agreement
Foreign Affairs
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EU must change its attitude to trade with China - Scholz
Filthy Lucre & Noble Leakers - Tax Dodging In Europe: an explainer
Parliament vote marks important first step for tax justice in Europe
Brexit
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Brexit chaos averted - for now
Rights & liberties
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Shortlist unveiled for ‘Journalists, Whistleblowers and Defenders of the Right to Information’ award
Trade
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European parliament split over opening negotiations on a new trade agreement with the US
Environment
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Climate strike movement recognised in the European Parliament
Tajani must resign over praise for Mussolini
Brexit
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EU frustrated by House of Commons chaos
Consumer rights and food safety
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Opportunity missed in overhauling the failing ECI
Employment and workers' rights
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#FeministStrike for March 8th
Positive vote as fight for tax justice heads to plenary
Foreign Affairs
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EU must recognise legitimate struggle of Sahrawi people for freedom & rights
Foreign Affairs
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Political dialogue necessary to preserve peace in Venezuela and the region
Rights & liberties
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End this trial! Only political dialogue will solve Catalonia crisis
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Left parliamentarians agree on fight against neoliberalism and far right
Foreign Affairs
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International Trade Committee puts TTIP negotiations back on the table
Tax justice
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Hooked on dodging - study traces history of multinationals’ tax evasion
Environment
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Rebuke to Commission on animal welfare standards during transport
Rights & liberties
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Parliament vote condemns police brutality against peaceful protesters
Social Justice
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Italy’s self-destruction is bad news for future of Europe
Rights & liberties
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2019 GUE/NGL Award for Journalists, Whistleblowers and Defenders of the Right to Information
Rights & liberties
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Police brutality in EU to be debated & voted next week in Strasbourg
Explainer
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Why we need a Social Protocol - an explainer
Brexit
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Deep concerns over British MPs’ willingness to risk Brexit
Foreign Affairs
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GUE/NGL denounces Turkey's illegal actions in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus
Foreign Affairs & In the news
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Leyla Güven's release must mean freedom for all Kurdish political prisoners
Foreign Affairs & The Left News
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GUE/NGL condemns attempted coup d'état in Venezuela and urges broad national political dialogue
Social Justice & The Left News
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Study: the consequences of EU liberalisation directives on public services
Foreign Affairs
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European Parliament votes to extend EU-Morocco Agreement to Western Sahara despite ECJ ruling
The Left News
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‘Change tack or keep fuelling far-right’, Left tells Spanish PM
Agriculture and fisheries & Environment & Explainer
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Are you protected from harmful pesticides? An explainer
Brexit
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Brexit defeat represents huge failure by UK government
The Left News
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Halil Karapasaoglou’s jailing in northern Cyprus condemned
Foreign Affairs & The Left News
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Statement of solidarity with HDP Deputy Leyla Güven
The Left News
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MEPs in Cyprus to explore regional challenges and Left alternatives
Rights & liberties & The Left News
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Mourning new deaths from Strasbourg attack
Agriculture and fisheries & Employment and workers' rights & Foreign Affairs & The Left News
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European Parliament adopted JEFTA, but we must seriously consider the consequences
The Left News
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EU must take Turkey to task over unlawful detentions
Foreign Affairs & The Left News
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Parliament’s Trade Committee approves EU-Morocco Agreement without consent of Sahrawis
Environment & The Left News
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More food law transparency a win for citizens & environment
Rights & liberties & The Left News
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Humanitarian visas could end mass deaths in the Mediterranean
Brexit & The Left News
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No new deal for Theresa May
Foreign Affairs & The Left News
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EU-Mercosur trade deal risks fuelling tax dodging - study
The Left News
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Inquiry into cum-ex tax swindle must start now!
Employment and workers' rights & Social Justice & The Left News
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Attempt to enshrine permanent austerity into EU law fails
The Left News
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Enough! Stop persecuting the Aquarius!
The Left News
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Left MEPs to set out challenge to ‘Kurz’s Europe’ with Austrian allies in Vienna
Foreign Affairs & The Left News
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Stricter rules on EU arms exports endorsed by Parliament
The Left News
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Merkel’s EU army dream rebuffed by the Left
Employment and workers' rights & Environment & Foreign Affairs & The Left News
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Left MEPs support hunger strike against Petrobras
‘Cum-Ex’ scandal epitomises scale of white-collar crime
The Left News
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MEPs in Warsaw to meet Polish left forces
Brexit
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UK’s delay tactics on Brexit put millions of citizens at risk
Rights & liberties & The Left News
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Over 100 refugees & migrants in the European Parliament tomorrow
Rights & liberties & The Left News
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Police raids against France Insoumise are politically motivated
Rights & liberties & The Left News
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Coming soon - an EU ‘Orwellian’ nightmare
Foreign Affairs & Press Conferences
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Independent report on the proposed Multilateral Investment Court
The Left News
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International Declaration against Fascism - Manifesto internacional contra o fascismo no Brasil
The Left News
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Independent report on the proposed Multilateral Investment Court
The Left News
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International parliamentarians meet in Brussels to back the UN Binding Treaty
Employment and workers' rights & The Left News
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At last! Protection for all from harmful substances at workplace
Foreign Affairs & The Left News
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EU militarisation won’t solve citizens’ security and prosperity
Employment and workers' rights
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At last! Protection for all from harmful substances at workplace
The Left News
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GUE/NGL raises dissent over the political conditions of the first-round Brazilian election
The Left News
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Moroccan protest leader shortlisted for the 2018 Sakharov Prize
The Left News
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Murder of Bulgarian journalist strongly condemned
Foreign Affairs & The Left News
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Urgent EU arms embargo needed to stop Yemen killings
Foreign Affairs
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Corruption and authoritarianism rife in Romania - but EU also to blame
The Left News
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EU must support binding UN treaty on business and human rights
Agriculture and fisheries & Environment & The Left News
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MEPs join resistance against Hambacher forest clearing
Brexit & The Left News
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British government unwilling to negotiate Brexit in good faith
Rights & liberties & The Left News
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Free Mimmo! Arrest of Riace mayor condemned
Consumer rights and food safety
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Lax media regulation will harm minors
The Left News
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Europe’s harmful tax deals with poor countries detailed in new study
Europe’s harmful tax deals with poor countries detailed in new study
Employment and workers' rights & The Left News
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Privatising EU pensions a looming catastrophe for millions
Social Justice & The Left News
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Juncker’s toxic legacy of inequality
Employment and workers' rights & Social Justice & The Left News
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Privatising EU pensions a looming catastrophe for millions
Foreign Affairs & The Left News
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US decision to cut UNRWA aid ‘disgraceful’
Rights & liberties
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Award for Journalists, Whistleblowers and Defenders of the Right to Information
Brexit & The Left News
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