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- The Rana Plaza disaster happened 10 years ago on 24 April 2013 in Bangladesh, killing over 1000 textile workers. The European Parliament remembered the victims and discussed a Commission proposal aiming to make EU big corporations accountable for their suppliers on environmental and workers' issues. Conservative MEPs were divided during the debate.
The Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, the European Parliament, and the Supply Chain Directive
- On 14 June, the European Parliament passed a draft law to regulate artificial intelligence that must now be further discussed with the EU Council and the Commission. However, the AI Act expected to be announced by the EU at the end of 2023 provides insufficient answers to the essential questions raised by this new technology.
Does the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Through the EU AI Act Go Far Enough?
- The European Commission published their proposals to reform the EU’s fiscal rules from 2024.
EU Debt Rules: Austerity in Disguise
- How many more crises will it take for the EU to finally draw the right conclusions? This year’s State of the Union address should have been European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s apology to European citizens.
SOTEU - A Grandiose Sermon Oblivious to Realities Facing Working People
- The European Parliament votes down the controvese Emissions Trading System (ETS). It was rejected by a clear majority, with the Green and Socialist MEPs rejecting the proposal because the amendments of the conservative groups weakened it too much in their opinion, while the right-wing groups considered it too ambitious.
Fit for 55 Vote: Greenwashing and Power Games
- transform! europe's Roland Kulke on the most recent study days of the Left Group in the European Parliament.
It's about the kitchen, not the cake
- The European Parliament elects anti-abortion MEP Roberta Metsola as president.
The Grand Coalition Lives on in Brussels
- The co-presidents of transform! europe published the following letter of condolence.
On the Death of President of the European Parliament David Sassoli
- Dimitris Papadimoulis (Syriza, Greece) succeeded in being re-elected as Vice President for the fourth time in a row.
The Left MEP Dimitrios Papadimoulis Re-Elected as Vice President
- The Left will put forward Sira Rego MEP (Izquierda Unida, Spain) as its candidate for President of the European Parliament in the midterm elections in January 2022.
Left Nominates Sira Rego for Parliament’s Presidency
Publication
- The aim of this study is to examine the far-right in the EP from 2019 until today (September 2022) from different angles and to provide answers to the questions regarding what happened after the 2019 elections, how the European far-right is organised in the EP and what the connecting factors and dividing lines between the far-right parties are.
The Far-Right in the European Parliament
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- The Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation, partner organisation of transform! europe, presents its new anthology "The Crisis and Future of Democracy" and kindly invites you to a panel discussion with the authors of the volume and Marisa Matias, MEP, exhibition and evening reception.
«The Crisis and Future of Democracy»
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