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euro election manifesto 2019

right now.

for the future.

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gre

en pa

rty

euro

elec

tion

s man

ifest

o

2

We

are

full

of e

xcite

men

t to

be s

tand

ing

in th

ese

Euro

pean

ele

ctio

ns.

This

is a

mom

ent w

hen

we

can

rest

ore

hope

, cel

ebra

te th

e po

tent

ial

that

Eur

ope

has

to im

prov

e al

l our

futu

res,

and

sta

rt lo

okin

g fo

rwar

d ag

ain.

We

can

seiz

e th

is o

ppor

tuni

ty –

with

you

r hel

p.

The

Gree

n Pa

rty h

as a

com

preh

ensi

ve p

lan

to p

ut s

ome

joy

back

into

ou

r pol

itics

– to

get

us

out o

f the

Bre

xit m

ess,

to s

top

clim

ate

chan

ge

befo

re it

is to

o la

te a

nd to

rebu

ild o

ur c

omm

uniti

es.

A vo

te fo

r the

Gre

en P

arty

in th

ese

elec

tions

is a

vot

e to

:

»Re

mai

n in

the

EU, t

hrou

gh p

uttin

g th

e qu

estio

n of

Bre

xit b

ack

to

the

peop

le a

nd m

obili

sing

a p

ositi

ve, p

ro-

Euro

pean

mov

emen

t to

win

the

Peop

le’s

Vot

e fo

r Rem

ain.

»Re

char

ge th

e fig

ht a

gain

st c

limat

e ch

ange

, by

elec

ting

MEP

s w

ho

know

we

need

to a

ct n

ow to

sav

e ou

r wild

life,

our

env

ironm

ent

and

ultim

atel

y ou

r pla

net f

rom

cat

astro

phe.

»Re

build

our

com

mun

ities

thro

ugh

dedi

cate

d w

ork

in th

e UK

and

ac

ross

bor

ders

, to

rest

ore

oppo

rtuni

ties

and

addr

ess

ineq

ualit

y. W

hile

our

pub

lic s

ervi

ces

wer

e di

sman

tled

by p

rivat

isat

ion,

ou

r com

mun

ities

hol

low

ed o

ut b

y co

rpor

atio

ns a

nd o

ur w

alle

ts

empt

ied

by b

anke

rs, E

urop

e w

as w

rong

ly p

rese

nted

as

the

caus

e of

thes

e pr

oble

ms

by th

e Le

ave

cam

paig

n. T

hese

pro

blem

s ar

e ve

ry re

al, b

ut le

avin

g Eu

rope

is n

ot th

e an

swer

. Eur

ope

is p

art o

f th

e so

lutio

n.

intr

oduc

tion

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gre

en pa

rty

euro

elec

tion

s man

ifest

o

4

3 g

reen

part

y eu

ro el

ecti

ons m

anife

sto

Gree

n M

EPs

are

wel

l equ

ippe

d to

und

erta

ke th

e de

taile

d w

ork

we

need

to e

nabl

e Eu

rope

an c

o-op

erat

ion

to h

elp

us ta

ckle

thes

e pr

oble

ms

- to

rest

ore

hope

in th

e fu

ture

, for

peo

ple

and

the

plac

es

they

love

.

As th

e la

rges

t gro

up o

f UK

Rem

ain

MEP

s in

the

2014

-20

19

Parli

amen

t, Gr

een

MEP

s de

liver

ed h

uge

win

s fo

r the

are

as th

ey

repr

esen

t, fro

m re

clai

min

g pu

blic

mon

ey lo

st to

tax

avoi

danc

e to

pr

otec

ting

our c

ount

rysi

de a

nd w

ildlif

e by

ban

ning

toxi

c pe

stic

ides

.

Gree

n M

EPs

elec

ted

in 2

019

will

con

tinue

this

wor

k. T

hey

won

’t ju

st

striv

e to

sto

p Br

exit

– th

ey w

ill ta

ckle

the

caus

es o

f Bre

xit i

n th

eir

com

mun

ities

to h

elp

ensu

re th

e cu

rren

t cha

os n

ever

hap

pens

aga

in.

This

Man

ifest

o se

ts h

ow G

reen

MEP

s w

ill w

ork

to k

eep

the

UK in

the

EU, r

echa

rge

the

fight

aga

inst

clim

ate

chan

ge a

nd d

eliv

er in

nin

e pr

iorit

y ar

eas

for t

heir

com

mun

ities

– fr

om c

reat

ing

dece

nt jo

bs to

en

ding

pla

stic

was

te o

nce

and

for a

ll.

You

can

rely

on

elec

ted

Gree

ns to

do

the

right

thin

g. A

s a

Party

we

have

bee

n co

nsis

tent

ly o

n th

e rig

ht s

ide

of h

isto

ry –

figh

ting

aust

erity

fro

m th

e st

art,

chal

leng

ing

clim

ate

dam

agin

g in

frast

ruct

ure

and

calli

ng fo

r a P

eopl

e’s

Vote

. We

have

alw

ays

cele

brat

ed fr

eedo

m o

f m

ovem

ent,

and

alw

ays

will

. Gre

ens

have

led

the

way

with

goo

d id

eas.

Whe

re G

reen

s le

ad, o

ther

s fo

llow

.

Your

vot

e is

pow

erfu

l in

thes

e el

ectio

ns. B

y vo

ting

Gree

n, y

ou c

an

help

con

sign

this

Bre

xit c

haos

to th

e pa

st, a

nd s

tart

rebu

ildin

g –

Ri

ght n

ow. F

or th

e fu

ture

.

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en pa

rty

euro

elec

tion

s man

ifest

o

6

5 g

reen

part

y eu

ro el

ecti

ons m

anife

sto

As G

reen

s, w

e ar

e pr

oud

of th

e le

ader

ship

Ca

rolin

e Lu

cas

has

show

n in

resi

stin

g Br

exit

and

stee

ring

the

coun

try to

war

ds

a m

ore

posi

tive

futu

re. W

e ar

e al

so p

roud

of

the

wor

k ou

r Gre

en M

EPs

have

don

e in

the

Euro

pean

Par

liam

ent,

upho

ldin

g th

e rig

hts

of E

U ci

tizen

s af

fect

ed b

y Br

exit

and

resi

stin

g at

tack

s on

the

high

en

viro

nmen

tal s

tand

ards

forg

ed b

y th

e Eu

rope

an P

arlia

men

t. Th

is is

all

at ri

sk if

w

e le

ave

the

EU.

The

Gree

n Pa

rty s

uppo

rts a

Peo

ple’

s Vo

te

on B

rexi

t, w

ith R

emai

n on

the

ballo

t pap

er,

to h

elp

find

a ge

nuin

ely

dem

ocra

tic ro

ute

out o

f the

Bre

xit c

haos

.

We

need

a m

eani

ngfu

l deb

ate

abou

t th

e re

latio

nshi

p w

e w

ant w

ith E

urop

e –

look

ing

to th

e ne

eds

of th

e fu

ture

, not

the

obse

ssio

ns o

f pol

itici

ans

stuc

k in

the

past

. Th

is d

ebat

e ne

eds

to b

e dr

iven

not

by

dirty

m

oney

and

par

ty p

oliti

cal p

oint

sco

ring,

bu

t by

hone

st d

iscu

ssio

n ab

out h

ow w

e ta

ckle

the

ineq

ualit

ies

in th

is c

ount

ry.

In th

at d

emoc

ratic

deb

ate,

the

Gree

n Pa

rty w

ill a

rgue

for t

he U

K to

rem

ain

part

of th

e Eu

rope

an U

nion

. We

belie

ve in

the

pow

er o

f wor

king

with

our

nei

ghbo

urs,

to

add

ress

the

real

pro

blem

s w

e fa

ce –

th

e ch

alle

nges

of c

limat

e br

eakd

own,

so

cial

ineq

ualit

y an

d po

verty

don

’t st

op a

t bo

rder

s.

The

Gree

n Pa

rty w

ill p

lay

a le

adin

g ro

le

in m

obili

sing

a p

ositi

ve p

ro-

Euro

pean

m

ovem

ent t

o co

ntes

t the

refe

rend

um,

to c

onvi

ncin

gly

set o

ut h

ow a

vot

e fo

r Re

mai

n w

ill b

uild

a b

ette

r fut

ure

for a

ll.A

Peop

le’s

Vot

e an

d a

Rem

ain

vict

ory

can

be th

e st

art o

f the

gen

uine

soc

ial a

nd

econ

omic

tran

sfor

mat

ion

this

cou

ntry

ne

eds

– to

xic

top-

dow

n po

litic

s ba

nish

ed,

with

peo

ple

pow

er ta

king

its

plac

e.

Toge

ther

we

can

put t

he d

iffic

ult y

ears

be

hind

us,

and

lift

its s

hado

w fr

om o

ur

fam

ilies

, com

mun

ities

and

cou

ntry

.

Rem

ain

in th

e EU

1

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gre

en pa

rty

euro

elec

tion

s man

ifest

o

8

7 g

reen

part

y eu

ro el

ecti

ons m

anife

sto

Calls

for r

eal a

ctio

n on

clim

ate

are

com

ing

from

eve

ry c

orne

r of B

ritai

n an

d be

yond

. No

cou

ntry

can

tack

le th

is th

reat

alo

ne.

We’

ll de

liver

a re

new

able

s re

volu

tion

acro

ss th

e co

ntin

ent.

Ther

e is

a C

limat

e Em

erge

ncy

and

we

mus

t be

Carb

on N

eutra

l by

2030

.

Clim

ate

chan

ge is

the

defin

ing

chal

leng

e of

our

tim

es. W

ithou

t add

ress

ing

clim

ate

chan

ge, h

uman

ity w

ill c

reat

e m

omen

tous

ha

voc

and

rend

er m

any

parts

of t

he g

lobe

ba

sica

lly u

ninh

abita

ble

incl

udin

g th

e EU

an

d th

e Un

ited

King

dom

. But

the

answ

er

to th

e cl

imat

e cr

isis

doe

s ex

ist:

Our

ener

gy g

ener

atio

n m

ust b

e fro

m 1

00%

re

new

able

sou

rces

, we

mus

t use

our

en

ergy

effi

cien

tly, p

hase

out

foss

il en

ergy

an

d nu

clea

r pow

er w

hils

t cre

atin

g qu

ality

su

stai

nabl

e jo

bs in

affe

cted

regi

ons.

We

will

driv

e th

e pr

inci

ples

, pro

cess

and

pr

actic

e of

a ju

st tr

ansi

tion

tow

ards

a n

et-

zero

-em

issi

ons

econ

omy.

An E

U ca

rbon

bu

dget

and

a c

arbo

n ta

x ar

e ne

eded

to

acce

lera

te th

e cl

imat

e tra

nsiti

on. W

e m

ust

cut e

mis

sion

s fa

st e

noug

h to

pre

vent

a

clim

ate

cata

stro

phe

and

not b

reac

h th

e Pa

ris C

limat

e Ag

reem

ent o

f glo

bal

tem

pera

ture

s no

t exc

eedi

ng 1

.5°C

of

pre-

indu

stria

l lev

els.

We

advo

cate

pha

sing

ou

t coa

l and

oth

er fo

ssil

fuel

s to

wor

k to

en

sure

we

are

Carb

on N

eutra

l by

2030

. Fo

ssil

and

nucl

ear s

ubsi

dies

mus

t sto

p no

w. E

urop

e ne

eds

to d

ives

t fro

m fo

ssil

fuel

s an

d to

pul

l priv

ate

and

publ

ic fu

nds

from

foss

il in

vest

men

ts.

To m

ake

this

tran

sitio

n po

ssib

le, w

e ne

ed

to tr

ansf

orm

the

trans

port

sect

or a

nd m

ake

train

s a

real

alte

rnat

ive

to p

lane

s ac

ross

Eu

rope

and

ove

rcom

e ou

r dep

ende

ncy

on p

ollu

ting

cars

as

quic

kly

as p

ossi

ble.

W

e ne

ed to

sto

p th

e in

crea

sing

pol

lutio

n fro

m a

viat

ion

and

to in

vest

ext

ensi

vely

in

regi

onal

and

cro

ss-

bord

er ra

ilway

ne

twor

ks. T

o le

vel t

he p

layi

ng fi

eld

betw

een

train

and

air

traffi

c, fl

ight

s ne

ed

to b

e fa

irly

taxe

d. W

e m

ust a

lso

unde

rsta

nd

and

act u

pon

the

who

le e

nviro

nmen

tal

impa

ct o

f all

trans

port

optio

ns in

clud

ing

ship

ping

, par

ticul

arly

cru

ise

ship

s.

As G

reen

s w

e’ve

bee

n de

eply

insp

ired

by

the

sigh

t of y

oung

peo

ple

fight

ing

for t

heir

futu

re in

the

Yout

h St

rikes

for C

limat

e an

d th

e ci

tizen

-le

d Ex

tinct

ion

Rebe

llion

. All

our

polic

ies

draw

on

our u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he

need

to p

rote

ct o

ur p

reci

ous

plan

et a

nd th

e cl

imat

e th

at a

llow

s us

to li

ve.

Gree

n w

ins

durin

g 20

14-

2019

:

»En

surin

g th

at th

e EU

com

mitt

ed a

ta

rget

that

by

2030

, one

third

of a

ll en

ergy

wou

ld c

ome

from

rene

wab

le

sour

ces.

»Ac

hiev

ed th

e ph

asin

g ou

t of p

alm

oil

as

a bi

ofue

l in

trans

port.

»In

trodu

ced

targ

et fo

r Nea

rly Z

ero

Ener

gy B

uild

ings

(NZE

Bs) a

s st

anda

rd

for a

ll bu

ildin

gs b

y 20

50.

»St

reng

then

ing

the

regu

latio

n on

CO2

em

issi

on s

tand

ards

for n

ew h

eavy

-du

ty v

ehic

les,

mea

ning

larg

e re

duct

ions

in

thei

r CO2

em

issi

ons.

RECH

ARGE

THE F

IGHT

AGA

INST

CLIM

ATE C

HANG

E

2

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gre

en pa

rty

euro

elec

tion

s man

ifest

o

10

9 g

reen

part

y eu

ro el

ecti

ons m

anife

sto

Gree

n am

bitio

n fo

r 201

9-20

24:

»Br

ing

forw

ard

the

prin

cipl

es, p

roce

ss

and

prac

tice

for t

he E

U to

be

Carb

on

Neut

ral b

y 20

30 w

hich

incl

udes

ph

asin

g ou

t of a

ll fo

ssil

fuel

s,

prom

otin

g en

ergy

effi

cien

cy a

nd a

m

ove

to 1

00%

rene

wab

les.

»M

akin

g su

bsid

ies

to fo

ssil

fuel

s ill

egal

. »

Intro

duci

ng a

n EU

-w

ide

frequ

ent f

lyer

le

vy a

nd re

mov

ing

the

tax

adva

ntag

es

for t

he a

viat

ion

indu

stry

.

REBU

ILD

OUR

COM

MUN

ITIE

S

3

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gre

en pa

rty

euro

elec

tion

s man

ifest

o

12

11 g

reen

part

y eu

ro el

ecti

ons m

anife

sto

Tax

avoi

danc

e ha

s st

rippe

d th

e pu

blic

pu

rse,

lead

ing

to c

uts,

aus

terit

y an

d m

iser

y ac

ross

the

coun

try. W

e’ll

chas

e un

paid

ta

xes

acro

ss b

orde

rs, m

akin

g su

re th

e ric

h an

d th

e cr

imin

al h

ave

now

here

to h

ide

thei

r sto

len

mon

ey.

Ever

ybod

y m

ust p

ay th

eir f

air s

hare

in

taxe

s be

caus

e co

rpor

ate

tax

evas

ion

and

corp

orat

e ta

x av

oida

nce

unde

rmin

e a

fair

and

just

soc

iety

. Our

soc

ietie

s ar

e be

com

ing

incr

easi

ngly

div

ided

whe

re

unfa

ir ta

xatio

n co

ntrib

utes

to in

equa

lity.

Gree

ns w

ill d

evel

op ta

x re

gim

es th

at

do n

ot c

ontin

ue to

priv

ilege

larg

e m

ultin

atio

nal c

orpo

ratio

ns a

nd w

ealth

y in

divi

dual

s. W

e ha

ve fo

ught

har

d in

the

Euro

pean

Par

liam

ent f

or m

ore

tax

just

ice.

W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

cra

ck d

own

on ta

x ha

vens

, tax

eva

sion

, tax

avo

idan

ce a

nd

mon

ey la

unde

ring.

It is

una

ccep

tabl

e th

at

a nu

mbe

r of m

ultin

atio

nal c

orpo

ratio

ns a

s w

ell a

s bi

g in

tern

et p

latfo

rms

pay

alm

ost

no ta

xes

at a

ll. T

here

fore

, we

wan

t to

intro

duce

a d

igita

l tax

in E

urop

e. G

reen

s st

and

agai

nst u

nfai

r tax

com

petit

ion

betw

een

mem

ber c

ount

ries

whi

ch is

di

srup

ting

publ

ic b

udge

ts e

very

whe

re.

Gree

n w

ins

in 2

014-

2019

:

»Th

e Gr

een

grou

p w

ith p

artn

ers

wer

e ke

y in

the

fight

aga

inst

tax

avoi

danc

e th

roug

h cr

oss-

bord

er c

oope

ratio

n on

ta

xatio

n an

d cr

eate

d an

obl

igat

ion

for

tax

advi

sors

to p

ublis

h an

y cr

oss-

bord

er ta

x-op

timis

atio

n sc

hem

es th

ey

use.

The

driv

ing

forc

e fo

r a fa

r tou

gher

EU

sta

nce

agai

nst m

oney

laun

derin

g an

d tig

hter

con

trols

on

finan

cial

flow

s,

thro

ugh

the

adop

tion

of th

e An

ti-m

oney

Lau

nder

ing

Dire

ctiv

e. »

A Gr

een

and

partn

ers

repo

rt in

to

how

IKEA

avo

ided

up

to €

1 bi

llion

in

taxe

s th

roug

h va

rious

tax

avoi

danc

e sc

hem

es, e

ncou

rage

d th

e EU

Co

mm

issi

on to

laun

ch a

n in

-de

pth

prob

e in

to th

e ta

x ar

rang

emen

ts o

f the

co

mpa

ny.

Gree

n am

bitio

n fo

r 201

9-20

24:

»Ad

opt a

n ac

tion

plan

to ta

x th

e su

per-

rich,

to e

nsur

e th

ose

who

se w

ealth

is

in e

xces

s of

£3m

illio

n co

ntrib

ute

equi

tabl

y. »

Brea

k up

sup

ersi

zed

acco

untin

g fir

ms

who

act

as

both

poa

cher

and

ga

mek

eepe

r for

tax

advi

ce a

nd le

gal

com

plia

nce

and

requ

ire th

em to

se

para

te a

uditi

ng fr

om o

ther

act

iviti

es.

»Up

date

EU

proc

urem

ent r

ules

to e

nsur

e th

at o

nly

com

pani

es w

ith tr

ansp

aren

t an

d ta

x-re

spon

sibl

e po

licie

s ca

n re

ceiv

e EU

fund

s. »

Enha

nce

coop

erat

ion

and

end

the

natio

nal v

eto

on ta

x po

licy.

Tax

The R

ich

In 2

014,

Mol

ly S

cott

Cato

, Gre

en M

EP fo

r the

Sou

th W

est,

was

cho

sen

to re

pres

ent t

he

Gree

n Gr

oup

on th

e Pa

rliam

ent’s

tax

wor

king

gro

up. T

he L

uxle

aks

scan

dal b

roke

sho

rtly

afte

rwar

ds a

nd th

e Gr

eens

lobb

ied

the

parli

amen

tary

aut

horit

ies

to e

stab

lish

a sp

ecia

l tax

in

quiry

com

mitt

ee. M

olly

was

a m

embe

r of t

hat a

nd th

e th

ree

subs

eque

nt in

quiri

es in

to

the

outra

geou

s w

ay th

at la

rge

com

pani

es a

nd w

ealth

y in

divi

dual

s ha

ve a

void

ed p

ayin

g th

e ta

xes

they

ow

e to

soc

iety

. Thi

s pr

oces

s ha

s le

d to

pow

erfu

l pol

icie

s lik

e a

blac

klis

t of

tax

have

ns, a

uni

fied

min

imum

tax

rate

for t

he w

hole

EU,

and

the

end

of th

e bu

ying

of

gold

en v

isas

by

wea

lthy

non-

EU c

itize

ns.

case

stud

y

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en pa

rty

euro

elec

tion

s man

ifest

o

14

13 g

reen

part

y eu

ro el

ecti

ons m

anife

sto

end

pove

rty

ever

ywhe

re

Grow

ing

leve

ls o

f ine

qual

ity h

ave

disf

igur

ed o

ur s

ocie

ty, c

ontri

butin

g to

the

vote

to le

ave

the

EU. G

reen

s ar

e co

mm

itted

to

sha

ring

our w

ealth

fairl

y, le

avin

g no

-on

e in

pov

erty

or u

nabl

e to

flou

rish.

Euro

pe n

eeds

to b

ecom

e a

truly

soc

ial

unio

n, e

mpo

wer

ing

wor

kers

, fig

htin

g po

verty

and

redu

cing

ineq

ualit

y. Th

e so

cial

pro

mis

e of

just

ice

and

incl

usio

n fo

r all

citiz

ens

mus

t be

rene

wed

. It m

ust

not f

all v

ictim

to a

uste

rity

polic

ies

nor t

o co

rpor

ate

gree

d. F

air p

ay, U

nion

righ

ts

and

dece

nt w

orki

ng c

ondi

tions

mus

t be

secu

red.

Eur

opea

n fra

mew

ork

legi

slat

ion

mus

t enf

orce

, thr

ough

a m

inim

um in

com

e di

rect

ive

pass

ed b

y th

e ne

xt E

urop

ean

Parli

amen

t, th

at M

embe

r Sta

tes

guar

ante

e th

eir c

itize

ns a

dec

ent m

inim

um in

com

e,

resp

ectin

g na

tiona

l soc

ial s

ecur

ity

syst

ems.

Gre

ens

also

figh

t for

fairl

y pa

id

sick

leav

e an

d fa

ir pa

rent

al le

ave

in a

ll co

untri

es in

the

EU. S

ocia

l rig

hts

mus

t be

com

e le

gally

enf

orce

able

. We

advo

cate

fo

r nat

iona

l pilo

ts o

n un

iver

sal b

asic

in

com

e an

d w

orki

ng-

time

redu

ctio

n sc

hem

es.

Gree

n w

ins

2014

-20

19:

»Ca

lled

succ

essf

ully

for t

he

esta

blis

hmen

t of a

Eur

opea

n Pa

rliam

ent F

inan

cial

Ass

ista

nce

Wor

king

Gro

up o

n Gr

eece

, whi

ch

criti

cally

look

s in

to th

e de

vast

atin

g ef

fect

s of

aus

terit

y pr

ogra

mm

es in

the

cris

is-

stuc

k co

untry

. »

Initi

ated

a E

urop

ean

Fund

for T

rans

ition

-

whi

ch s

houl

d he

lp s

ecto

rs a

nd

regi

ons

to d

evel

op s

usta

inab

le jo

bs fo

r th

e fu

ture

.

Gree

n am

bitio

n fo

r 201

9-20

24:

»W

ork

with

mem

ber s

tate

s an

d st

akeh

olde

rs to

est

ablis

h Ci

tizen

Bas

ic

Inco

me

expe

rimen

ts to

und

erst

and

the

viab

ility

and

pra

ctic

al im

plem

enta

tion

of e

stab

lishi

ng a

uni

vers

al b

asic

in

com

e fo

r all

EU c

itize

ns.

»W

e w

ant t

o up

date

labo

ur ru

les

and

wel

fare

regi

mes

so

that

they

reco

gnis

e th

e ch

angi

ng n

atur

e of

wor

k, a

lso

prot

ectin

g se

lf-em

ploy

ed p

eopl

e an

d w

orke

rs in

the

gig

and

onlin

e pl

atfo

rm

econ

omy.

Endl

ess

grow

th is

fuel

ling

an

envi

ronm

enta

l cris

is, w

hils

t an

out o

f co

ntro

l fin

anci

al s

yste

m p

ushe

s us

cl

oser

to a

noth

er d

isas

trous

cra

sh. W

e’ll

repr

ogra

m th

e ec

onom

y, in

vest

ing

in G

reen

in

nova

tion

and

rese

arch

.

The

clim

ate

cris

is a

nd th

e co

llaps

e in

w

ildlif

e ac

ross

the

wor

ld m

eans

we

need

to ta

ke u

rgen

t act

ion

to c

hang

e th

e ec

onom

y. Th

is m

eans

cha

ngin

g th

e w

ay

we

live,

wor

k an

d tra

vel b

ut it

als

o of

fers

en

orm

ous

oppo

rtuni

ties

to c

reat

e hi

gh-

skill

ed, w

ell-

paid

jobs

righ

t acr

oss

the

coun

try. I

nsul

atin

g ho

mes

or i

nsta

lling

su

stai

nabl

e in

frast

ruct

ure

has

to h

appe

n in

al

l our

com

mun

ities

whi

ch m

eans

brin

ging

jo

bs b

ack

hom

e. T

his

is w

hat w

e m

ean

by

the

Gree

n Ne

w D

eal.

Euro

pe m

ust b

ecom

e th

e gl

obal

lead

er

in th

e ju

st tr

ansi

tion

to a

car

bon-

neut

ral

circ

ular

eco

nom

y th

roug

h th

e Gr

een

New

De

al, o

verc

omin

g th

e au

ster

ity id

eolo

gy

and

ensu

ring

econ

omic

dev

elop

men

t th

at b

enef

its e

very

one.

Thi

s pr

omis

e is

of

a 21

st c

entu

ry ec

onom

y

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en pa

rty

euro

elec

tion

s man

ifest

o

16

15 g

reen

part

y eu

ro el

ecti

ons m

anife

sto

good

wor

k an

d de

cent

jobs

, sus

tain

abili

ty,

soci

al in

clus

iven

ess,

impr

oved

cris

is

resi

lienc

e an

d st

abili

ty. W

e w

ant t

o w

ork

in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith e

mpl

oyee

s, u

nion

s an

d bu

sine

sses

in o

rder

to p

rom

ote

econ

omic

se

curit

y. W

ith th

e ra

pid

and

unre

stric

ted

grow

th o

f the

dig

ital s

ecto

r we

need

an

effe

ctiv

e an

d in

depe

nden

t EU

auth

ority

to

sup

ervi

se, c

ontro

l and

lim

it th

e m

arke

t po

wer

of b

ig c

orpo

ratio

ns.

Euro

pe n

eeds

a c

omm

on s

usta

inab

le

indu

stria

l pol

icy

whe

re m

anuf

actu

ring

is

sens

itive

to th

e lif

e cy

cle

of th

e pr

oduc

ts

prod

uced

and

for s

usta

inab

le fi

nanc

e w

hich

sup

ports

eth

ical

inve

stm

ent b

ut

oppo

ses

gree

nwas

hing

. The

dev

elop

men

t of

ade

quat

e in

frast

ruct

ure

has

to b

e a

high

prio

rity

and

emph

asis

mus

t be

put

on re

sear

ch a

nd e

co-

inno

vatio

n. T

he

deve

lopm

ent o

f dig

ital t

echn

olog

y an

d cl

ean

tech

nolo

gy s

hall

go h

and

in h

and,

gu

ided

by

soci

etal

nee

ds a

nd b

y th

e in

tern

atio

nal c

omm

unity

’s S

usta

inab

le

Deve

lopm

ent G

oals

. Ind

ustri

al d

e-re

gula

tion

and

trade

agr

eem

ents

mus

t not

be

allo

wed

to u

nder

min

e or

sta

nd in

the

way

of e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd s

ocia

l pro

gres

s.

The

next

five

yea

rs w

ill s

ee b

ig c

hang

es

in th

e w

ay w

e w

ork,

with

aut

omat

ed

tech

nolo

gy d

ispl

acin

g m

any

from

thei

r jo

bs. G

reen

s ar

e pr

epar

ed to

take

on

the

pow

er o

f the

dig

ital g

iant

s to

cha

lleng

e th

eir m

onop

oly

posi

tion.

Thi

s is

ess

entia

l to

ensu

re v

alue

that

com

es fr

om a

utom

atio

n be

nefit

s us

all,

rath

er th

an b

eing

ch

anne

lled

into

the

pock

ets

of th

e su

per-

rich.

Gree

n w

ins

2014

-20

19:

»Th

e Gr

eens

, tog

ethe

r with

par

tner

s bu

ilt u

p a

coal

ition

in th

e Eu

rope

an

Parli

amen

t aga

inst

the

Inve

stor

-St

ate

Disp

ute

Settl

emen

t (IS

DS)

mec

hani

sm in

free

trad

e ag

reem

ents

. IS

DS m

echa

nism

s, w

hich

wer

e m

ade

fam

ous

by th

e fa

iled

TTIP

trea

ty, a

re

priv

ate

tribu

nals

, whi

ch la

rgel

y pr

ivile

ge

big

corp

orat

ions

aga

inst

sta

tes

who

m

ay w

ish

to re

gula

te th

em.

»Th

anks

to th

e Gr

eens

, for

the

first

tim

e in

Eur

ope,

firm

s in

volv

ed in

the

extra

ctio

n an

d tra

de o

f con

flict

min

eral

s w

ill b

e ob

liged

to c

heck

whe

ther

th

eir s

uppl

y ch

ain

has

links

to a

rmed

co

nflic

ts a

nd h

uman

righ

ts a

buse

s. »

Than

ks to

the

Gree

ns, t

he P

arlia

men

t w

ill n

egot

iate

for c

ompu

lsor

y cr

iteria

on

labo

ur a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal s

tand

ards

in

EU

Trad

e Ag

reem

ents

, pav

ing

the

way

for a

UN

bind

ing

inst

rum

ent o

n bu

sine

ss a

nd h

uman

righ

ts.

Gree

n am

bitio

n fo

r 201

9-20

24

»An

effe

ctiv

e an

d in

depe

nden

t EU

auth

ority

to s

uper

vise

the

digi

tal s

ecto

r in

ord

er to

con

trol a

nd li

mit

the

mar

ket

pow

er o

f big

cor

pora

tions

. »

An E

U-w

ide

Gree

n Ne

w D

eal t

o ac

cele

rate

the

sust

aina

bilit

y tra

nsiti

on

and

crea

te h

igh-

skill

ed jo

bs in

all

our

com

mun

ities

. »

An u

pgra

de o

f EU

com

petit

ion

law

to

ensu

re th

at th

e ga

ins

from

aut

omat

ion

are

shar

ed fa

irly.

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en pa

rty

euro

elec

tion

s man

ifest

o

18

17 g

reen

part

y eu

ro el

ecti

ons m

anife

sto

equa

l rig

hts f

or a

ll

Righ

ts fo

r som

e gr

oups

and

min

oriti

es a

re

unde

r thr

eat f

rom

a re

surg

ent f

ar-

right

ac

ross

Eur

ope.

We

are

prou

d to

cel

ebra

te

dive

rsity

, and

will

cha

lleng

e di

scrim

inat

ion

or h

atre

d w

here

ver w

e fin

d it.

Equa

lity

is a

t the

hea

rt of

Gre

en p

olic

ies.

Al

l Eur

opea

n co

untri

es m

ust i

mpl

emen

t th

e Is

tanb

ul C

onve

ntio

n as

a m

atte

r of

prio

rity.

We

are

dete

rmin

ed to

sec

ure

equa

l pa

y fo

r equ

al w

ork

and

a m

ore

bala

nced

co

mpo

sitio

n of

pow

er s

truct

ures

. We

wan

t to

gua

rant

ee fr

ee a

nd a

cces

sibl

e, g

ood-

qual

ity a

nd s

afe

sexu

al a

nd re

prod

uctiv

e he

alth

car

e an

d se

rvic

es fo

r all,

incl

udin

g ab

ortio

n. E

urop

e ne

eds

to fi

ght g

ende

r an

d se

x-ba

sed

viol

ence

as

laid

out

in

EU p

olic

ies

on p

reve

ntin

g an

d co

mba

ting

viol

ence

aga

inst

wom

en a

nd d

omes

tic

viol

ence

. We

wan

t the

righ

t to

lega

l ab

ortio

n to

be

incl

uded

in th

e EU

’s C

harte

r of

Fun

dam

enta

l Rig

hts.

We

also

wan

t all

polic

ies

and

serv

ices

to re

cogn

ise

the

true

dive

rsity

of E

urop

eans

and

to ta

ckle

an

d pr

even

t all

form

s of

dis

crim

inat

ion

and

viol

ence

, inc

ludi

ng a

gain

st L

GBTI

QA+

pe

ople

Youn

g pe

ople

are

bui

ldin

g th

e fu

ture

of

Euro

pe. W

e ow

e th

em th

e be

st p

ossi

ble

cond

ition

s fo

r doi

ng s

o an

d th

e rig

ht to

yo

uth

eman

cipa

tion.

Thi

s is

why

you

ng

peop

le m

ust h

ave

the

right

to a

fford

able

hi

gher

edu

catio

n, g

ood

train

ing

cond

ition

s an

d fa

ir ac

cess

to jo

bs th

at p

rovi

de a

goo

d

inco

me.

Soc

ial p

rote

ctio

n fo

r you

th w

ould

be

gua

rant

eed

thro

ugh

min

imum

inco

me

legi

slat

ion,

and

we

will

enc

oura

ge a

nd

advo

cate

bas

ic in

com

e tri

als

and

rese

arch

. Th

e EU

sho

uld

enco

urag

e M

embe

r Sta

tes

to in

vest

mor

e in

edu

catio

n.

Euro

pe n

eeds

to in

vest

hea

vily

in fi

nanc

ing

lifel

ong

lear

ning

and

requ

alifi

catio

n. T

he

EU fu

ndin

g fo

r exc

hang

e pr

ogra

mm

es,

such

as

the

Eras

mus

Pro

gram

me,

nee

ds

to b

e m

ultip

lied

tenf

old.

Eve

ry y

oung

pe

rson

sho

uld

have

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f pa

rtici

patin

g in

an

exch

ange

pro

gram

me

rega

rdle

ss o

f fin

anci

al b

ackg

roun

d or

ed

ucat

iona

l car

eer.

Suffi

cien

t fun

ding

for

the

Euro

pean

Sol

idar

ity C

orps

oug

ht to

giv

e yo

ung

peop

le th

e ch

ance

to d

evel

op th

eir

own

volu

ntee

ring

proj

ects

. We

will

figh

t ag

ains

t job

mar

ket r

egul

atio

ns th

at h

inde

r fa

ir ac

cess

to q

ualit

y jo

bs b

y ta

cklin

g ag

e di

scrim

inat

ion

in e

mpl

oym

ent w

ith a

co

mm

itmen

t to

the

Heal

thy

Agei

ng a

gend

a.

We

will

wor

k to

war

ds re

al p

rogr

ess

on

prom

otin

g eq

ualit

y w

ith c

omm

itmen

t to

advo

catin

g th

e EU

ado

ptio

n of

the

UN

Conv

entio

n on

the

Righ

ts o

f Per

sons

with

Di

sabi

litie

s.

We

are

prou

d th

at E

urop

e is

div

erse

and

co

lour

ful.

We

stro

ngly

con

dem

n an

d fig

ht

any

kind

of d

iscr

imin

atio

n an

d ha

te c

rimes

on

the

basi

s of

– b

ut n

ot li

mite

d to

gend

er a

nd s

exua

l ide

ntity

, cla

ss, c

olou

r, et

hnic

ity a

nd th

eir i

nter

sect

ions

. We

wan

t

all p

olic

ies

and

serv

ices

to re

cogn

ise

the

true

dive

rsity

of p

eopl

e an

d th

eir f

amili

es

– an

d th

e co

ntrib

utio

n th

ey m

ake

to o

ur

soci

etie

s.

We

will

con

tinue

to b

e pa

ssio

nate

ad

voca

tes

of th

e co

re v

alue

s of

resp

ect

for h

uman

dig

nity

, fre

edom

, dem

ocra

cy,

equa

lity,

the

rule

of l

aw a

nd re

spec

t for

hu

man

righ

ts, i

nclu

ding

the

right

s of

pe

rson

s be

long

ing

to m

inor

ities

. The

se a

re

core

, prin

cipl

e va

lues

in a

soc

iety

in w

hich

pl

ural

ism

, non

-di

scrim

inat

ion,

tole

ranc

e,

just

ice,

sol

idar

ity a

nd e

qual

ity b

etw

een

all

peop

le p

reva

il. W

e re

cogn

ise

whi

lst s

ome

prog

ress

has

bee

n m

ade,

gre

at s

tride

s st

ill n

eed

to b

e ta

ken

to a

chie

ve e

qual

ity.

We

will

con

tinue

to b

e at

the

fore

front

to

cham

pion

the

fight

aga

inst

raci

sm, h

atre

d an

d bi

gotry

in a

ll its

form

s an

d vi

goro

usly

ch

alle

nge

our p

eers

and

mem

ber s

tate

s to

fo

llow

our

lead

of z

ero

tole

ranc

e.

We

will

wor

k to

pro

mot

e pr

ojec

ts to

re

cogn

ise

the

hist

ory

and

cultu

re o

f BAM

E m

igra

tion

to E

urop

e, a

nd th

e co

ntrib

utio

n th

ose

mig

rant

s ha

ve m

ade

to o

ur p

ast

and

pres

ent.

We

will

als

o w

ork

to s

ecur

e a

fair

and

pros

pero

us fu

ture

, dev

elop

ing

new

initi

ativ

es to

sup

port

BAM

E bu

sine

ss

peop

le a

nd to

wid

en th

eir t

radi

ng li

nks

with

in E

urop

e, a

nd b

eyon

d.

Gree

n w

ins

2014

-20

19:

»St

rong

ly s

uppo

rted

the

repo

rt fo

r th

e Eu

rope

an P

arlia

men

t to

impr

ove

its p

ositi

on o

n th

e rig

hts

of n

atio

nal

or e

thni

c, re

ligio

us a

nd li

ngui

stic

m

inor

ities

in th

e EU

. »

Lead

ing

the

proc

ess

to h

old

the

Hung

aria

n Go

vern

men

t to

acco

unt f

or

its c

ontra

vent

ion

of A

rticl

e 2

of th

e Tr

eaty

of t

he E

urop

ean

Unio

n.

Gree

n am

bitio

n fo

r 201

9-20

24

»En

sure

the

Com

mis

sion

dra

ws

up

a co

mm

on fr

amew

ork

of E

U co

re

stan

dard

s fo

r the

pro

tect

ion

of

min

oriti

es.

»En

sure

that

all

EU a

nd n

atio

nal E

qual

ity

bodi

es h

ave

the

pow

ers

to p

rom

ote

equa

lity

and

tack

le d

iscr

imin

atio

n –

incl

udin

g th

roug

h ap

prop

riate

lega

l pr

oces

ses

and

cour

t. »

Wor

k to

ens

ure

the

EU a

dopt

ion

of th

e UN

Con

vent

ion

on th

e Ri

ghts

of P

erso

ns

with

Dis

abili

ties.

»Ex

tend

the

2000

EU

Dire

ctiv

e es

tabl

ishi

ng e

qual

trea

tmen

t in

empl

oym

ent a

nd o

ccup

atio

n fo

r di

sabl

ed p

eopl

e, to

giv

e di

sabl

ed

peop

le ri

ghts

to e

qual

trea

tmen

t in

educ

atio

n, h

ousi

ng a

nd s

ervi

ces

also

. »

Follo

w th

roug

h w

ith th

e pr

oces

ses

to h

old

the

Hung

aria

n Go

vern

men

t to

acc

ount

in th

e pr

otec

tion

of e

thni

c m

inor

ities

and

oth

er h

uman

righ

t br

each

es.

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en pa

rty

euro

elec

tion

s man

ifest

o

20

19 g

reen

part

y eu

ro el

ecti

ons m

anife

sto

stam

p out

cor

rupt

ion

Our d

emoc

racy

has

bee

n hi

jack

ed b

y da

rk m

oney

, cor

pora

te in

tere

st, a

nd e

lite

pow

er. W

e’ll

root

out

cor

rupt

ion

whe

reve

r it’

s hi

ding

, and

giv

e st

rong

er p

rote

ctio

n to

w

hist

le-

blow

ers

who

exp

ose

wro

ngdo

ing.

Alth

ough

Gre

ens

are

stro

ngly

pro

-Eu

rope

an, t

hat d

oes

not m

ean

that

we

are

naiv

e ab

out t

he w

ay th

e EU

inst

itutio

ns

wor

k. W

e ar

e of

ten

the

stro

nges

t crit

ics

of th

e Co

mm

issi

on a

nd th

e Co

unci

l, as

w

ell a

s re

quiri

ng o

ur c

olle

ague

s in

the

Euro

pean

Par

liam

ent t

o m

eet t

he h

ighe

st

stan

dard

s of

pro

bity

and

tran

spar

ency

. We

need

muc

h st

rong

er c

ontro

ls o

n lo

bbyi

ng

of a

ll EU

inst

itutio

ns a

nd w

e ne

ed to

en

d th

e re

volv

ing

door

so

that

pow

erfu

l po

litic

ians

can

not m

ove

stra

ight

into

lo

bbyi

ng fo

r cor

pora

tions

.

We

mus

t uph

old

the

rule

of l

aw a

nd

fund

amen

tal r

ight

s, in

crea

se tr

ansp

aren

cy

and

fight

cor

rupt

ion

in E

U m

embe

r st

ates

. Def

endi

ng d

emoc

racy

aga

inst

au

thor

itaria

nism

is a

bat

tle fo

r the

sou

l of

Euro

pe. E

urop

ean

inst

itutio

ns a

nd M

embe

r St

ates

mus

t be

unite

d in

this

con

flict

. The

EU

nee

ds a

bin

ding

and

com

preh

ensi

ve

mec

hani

sm to

regu

larly

mon

itor t

he s

tate

of

dem

ocra

cy, t

he ri

ght o

f opp

ositi

on

voic

es to

be

hear

d, th

e ru

le o

f law

, fre

e pr

ess

and

fund

amen

tal r

ight

s in

all

EU

Mem

ber S

tate

s. A

lack

of t

rans

pare

ncy

in

the

Coun

cil c

ompr

omis

es d

emoc

ratic

acco

unta

bilit

y an

d al

low

s hy

pocr

itica

lly

blam

ing

‘Bru

ssel

s’.

The

EU n

eeds

to p

rovi

de p

rote

ctio

n to

ac

tivis

ts, j

ourn

alis

ts a

nd w

hist

le-

blow

ers

who

exp

ose

hidd

en in

form

atio

n in

the

publ

ic in

tere

st. E

urop

ean

fund

s m

ust n

ot

be u

sed

to b

reak

Eur

opea

n ru

les.

Nat

iona

l go

vern

men

ts th

at u

nder

min

e th

e ru

le o

f la

w s

hall

be d

enie

d co

ntro

l ove

r EU

fund

s,

whi

le fi

nal b

enef

icia

ries

shal

l be

prot

ecte

d.

Corr

uptio

n m

ust b

e re

solu

tely

foug

ht. W

e al

so c

all f

or a

pub

lic in

quiry

into

the

Briti

sh

EU re

fere

ndum

and

for t

he U

K to

hav

e a

repr

esen

tativ

e an

d pr

opor

tiona

l ele

ctor

al

syst

em.

Gree

n w

ins

2014

-20

19:

»Ch

ange

d th

e Eu

rope

an P

arlia

men

t’s

rule

s so

that

lobb

yist

s lik

e M

onsa

nto

who

refu

se to

app

ear b

efor

e pa

rliam

enta

ry c

omm

ittee

s ca

n no

w b

e ba

nned

from

the

Parli

amen

t. »

Won

impr

ovem

ents

to th

e Eu

rope

an

Com

mis

sion

’s e

thic

s st

anda

rds

incl

udin

g a

2-3

year

coo

ling-

off

perio

d be

fore

they

can

em

bark

on

new

lo

bbyi

ng ro

les.

»Fo

rced

the

Com

mis

sion

to b

ring

forw

ard

the

curr

ent p

ropo

sal f

or a

n EU

-w

ide

whi

stle

-bl

ower

Pro

tect

ion

dire

ctiv

e.

Gree

n am

bitio

n fo

r 201

9-20

24:

»Th

e Eu

rope

an P

arlia

men

t sho

uld

have

fu

ll po

wer

s to

initi

ate

legi

slat

ion.

»An

ext

ende

d co

olin

g of

f per

iod

befo

re

EU p

oliti

cian

s ca

n w

ork

in th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

they

hav

e be

en re

gula

ting.

»Tr

ansp

aren

cy o

f Cou

ncil

deci

sion

-m

akin

g to

allo

w d

emoc

ratic

ac

coun

tabi

lity

and

prev

ent n

atio

nal

gove

rnm

ents

hyp

ocrit

ical

ly b

lam

ing

‘Bru

ssel

s’.

»Ex

tend

the

prot

ectio

n fo

r act

ivis

ts,

jour

nalis

ts a

nd w

hist

le-

blow

ers

who

ex

pose

hid

den

info

rmat

ion

in th

e pu

blic

in

tere

st.

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en pa

rty

euro

elec

tion

s man

ifest

o

22

21 g

reen

part

y eu

ro el

ecti

ons m

anife

sto

grow

goo

d fo

od

Farm

ing

in B

ritai

n is

in d

espe

rate

nee

d of

refo

rm, s

o th

at w

e ca

n gr

ow m

ore

of

our o

wn

food

whi

le p

rote

ctin

g ou

r nat

ural

w

orld

. We’

ll su

ppor

t Brit

ish

farm

ers

to

prov

ide

good

, affo

rdab

le fo

od fo

r the

ir lo

cal

com

mun

ities

.

Farm

ing

is a

vita

l par

t of o

ur e

cono

my

and

the

heal

th o

f our

nat

ion.

Gre

ens

are

keen

to

sup

port

farm

ers

to p

rodu

ce g

ood

loca

l, GM

O an

d pe

stic

ide-

free

food

, with

out

crue

lty to

ani

mal

s. In

futu

re, E

urop

ean

taxp

ayer

s’ m

oney

sha

ll on

ly s

uppo

rt he

alth

y fo

od p

rodu

ctio

n fo

r Eur

opea

n ci

tizen

s in

stea

d of

sub

sidi

sing

the

agro

-in

dust

ry th

at d

estro

y ou

r soi

ls, h

eigh

tens

th

e bi

odiv

ersi

ty c

rises

and

mon

opol

ises

fo

od p

rodu

ctio

n. W

e ar

e w

orki

ng h

ard

to

ensu

re th

at th

e m

ost p

oiso

nous

pes

ticid

es

are

bann

ed a

s so

on a

s po

ssib

le.

We

oppo

se E

urop

ean

agric

ultu

ral p

rodu

cts

bein

g du

mpe

d on

the

wor

ld m

arke

t tha

t de

stro

y th

e lo

cal f

ood

prod

uctio

n in

man

y de

velo

ping

cou

ntrie

s. H

ow m

uch

farm

ers

bene

fit fr

om E

urop

e’s

agric

ultu

ral p

olic

ies

and

subs

idie

s sh

ould

dep

end

on h

ow

muc

h th

ey p

rote

ct th

e cl

imat

e, s

afeg

uard

w

ater

, inv

est i

n an

imal

wel

fare

, enh

ance

bi

odiv

ersi

ty a

nd re

frain

from

usi

ng G

MOs

. W

e w

ant f

air p

rodu

ct p

rices

so

that

fa

rmer

s in

our

vita

l rur

al a

reas

can

thriv

e ra

ther

than

ser

ving

a fe

w m

ultin

atio

nals

w

ith h

uge

reve

nues

. Gre

ens

cont

inue

to

oppo

se fa

ctor

y fa

rmin

g an

d liv

e-an

imal

tra

nspo

rt an

d w

e de

man

dhig

h w

elfa

re

stan

dard

s fo

r far

m a

nim

als.

Gree

ns w

ins

in 2

014-

2019

:

»Re

duci

ng th

e le

ngth

of t

he g

lyph

osat

e lic

ence

from

15

to 5

yea

rs.

»Le

adin

g th

e re

form

of O

rgan

ic fa

rmin

g an

d fig

htin

g fo

r hea

lthie

r, liv

ing

soils

, gr

eate

r see

d di

vers

ity a

nd m

ore

thor

ough

che

cks

on im

ports

. »

Achi

eved

a m

ajor

ity in

Par

liam

ent i

n fa

vour

of b

anni

ng th

e ro

utin

e us

e of

an

tibio

tics

in a

nim

al fe

ed.

Gree

n am

bitio

n fo

r 201

9-20

24:

»En

sure

that

gly

phos

ate

is b

anne

d ac

ross

the

EU a

nd c

ontin

ue th

e ba

ttle

for t

rans

pare

ncy

in th

e lic

ensi

ng o

f pe

stic

ides

and

redu

ctio

ns in

thei

r use

. »

Ensu

re s

trong

er re

gula

tion

of e

ndoc

rine

disr

upte

rs, w

hich

can

cau

se c

ance

rs,

birth

def

ects

, and

oth

er d

evel

opm

enta

l di

sord

ers

as w

ell a

s da

mag

ing

our

horm

one

syst

ems.

»Ch

ampi

on th

e re

form

atio

n on

the

basi

s w

hich

CAP

sub

sidi

es a

re p

aid

to

wor

k to

ens

ure

they

prim

arily

sup

port

envi

ronm

enta

l & s

ocia

l ben

efit

and

not

sim

ply

land

ow

ners

hip.

»Re

form

fish

erie

s po

licy,

with

the

aim

of

allo

win

g En

glis

h re

gion

s an

d W

ales

to

draw

up

thei

r ow

n m

anag

emen

t pla

ns,

with

inpu

t by

loca

l ins

hore

fish

ing

fleet

s. F

ishi

ng q

uota

s w

ill th

en b

e ba

sed

on th

ese

plan

s.

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23 g

reen

part

y eu

ro el

ecti

ons m

anife

sto

stan

d w

ith

mig

rant

s

The

2016

refe

rend

um u

nlea

shed

a to

rren

t of

hat

red,

fear

and

div

isio

n ac

ross

our

co

untry

. We’

ll w

ork

with

our

nei

ghbo

urs

to c

omba

t suc

h ha

tred

and

wel

com

e re

fuge

es a

nd c

eleb

rate

free

dom

of

mov

emen

t.

Safe

ty g

uara

ntee

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asy

lum

see

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exi

st

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use

of le

sson

s th

at E

urop

e’s

dark

hi

stor

y ha

s ta

ught

us.

For

us,

the

right

to

asy

lum

is n

on-

nego

tiabl

e. W

e w

ant

an a

sylu

m p

olic

y ba

sed

on s

olid

arity

, on

hum

anity

and

an

orde

rly p

roce

ss, i

nclu

ding

th

e fa

ir sh

arin

g of

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

amon

g M

embe

r Sta

tes

plus

re-

esta

blis

hing

a

Euro

pean

sea

-re

scui

ng m

issi

on. E

urop

e m

ust c

reat

e co

mm

on, h

igh

stan

dard

s an

d co

mm

on ru

les

for l

abou

r mob

ility

an

d m

igra

tion.

We

wan

t the

Eur

opea

n Un

ion

to s

uppo

rt co

untri

es, r

egio

ns, c

ities

an

d co

mm

uniti

es in

tegr

atin

g re

fuge

es o

r m

igra

nts.

Hel

ping

mig

rant

s sh

ould

nev

er

be c

rimin

alis

ed. P

eopl

e do

not

bel

ong

in

pris

on fo

r see

king

asy

lum

.

The

Gree

n Pa

rty o

f Eng

land

and

Wal

es

belie

ves

in e

xpan

ding

refu

gee

and

asyl

um

polic

y to

pre

pare

for t

he fi

nanc

ial a

nd o

ther

su

ppor

t nee

ded

by p

eopl

e se

ekin

g sa

fety

fro

m th

e ef

fect

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge. T

his

will

mea

n th

e Eu

rope

an U

nion

can

hel

p m

ore

peop

le w

ho e

nter

its

bord

ers

in fe

ar

of th

eir l

ives

, see

king

san

ctua

ry fr

om th

e im

pact

of c

limat

e ch

ange

.

Gree

ns w

ins

in 2

014-

2019

:

»At

the

fore

front

of t

he re

form

of t

he

Dubl

in S

yste

m fo

r an

asyl

um s

yste

m

base

d on

sol

idar

ity a

nd s

hare

d re

spon

sibi

lity.

»W

e le

d th

e fig

ht a

nd g

aine

d su

ppor

t to

abo

lish

the

‘firs

t cou

ntry

of e

ntry

’ cr

iteria

and

sub

stitu

te it

with

a

perm

anen

t and

aut

omat

ic re

allo

catio

n m

echa

nism

. »

Help

ed p

ass

a Eu

rope

an P

arlia

men

t m

otio

n on

refu

gees

at t

he h

eigh

t of t

he

2015

refu

gee

cris

is, w

hich

pav

ed th

e w

ay fo

r inc

reas

ed fi

nanc

ial s

uppo

rt fo

r th

e su

cces

sful

inte

grat

ion

of re

fuge

es

into

Eur

opea

n co

mm

uniti

es.

»He

lped

lobb

y to

scr

ap th

e UK

Go

vern

men

t’s p

ropo

sed

2018

cut

-of

f da

te fo

r the

Dub

s sc

hem

e, e

nabl

ing

mor

e su

ppor

t for

chi

ld re

fuge

es.

Gree

n am

bitio

n fo

r 201

9-20

24:

»Ur

gent

ly fi

nd a

fair

alte

rnat

ive

to

the

curr

ent D

ublin

sys

tem

so

that

al

l mem

ber s

tate

s pl

ay th

eir p

art i

n pr

ovid

ing

sanc

tuar

y to

refu

gees

. »

Intro

duce

hum

anita

rian

visa

s to

al

low

refu

gees

to h

ave

safe

rout

es to

sa

nctu

ary.

»Re

vise

agr

eem

ents

with

tran

sit

coun

tries

to e

nsur

e th

e pr

oper

pr

otec

tion

of h

uman

righ

ts a

nd E

U in

tern

atio

nal c

omm

itmen

ts.

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rty

euro

elec

tion

s man

ifest

o

26

25 g

reen

part

y eu

ro el

ecti

ons m

anife

sto

End

Poll

utio

n an

d W

aste

Briti

sh c

itize

ns h

ave

wok

en u

p to

the

disa

ster

of p

last

ic w

aste

and

air

pollu

tion

how

ever

thes

e ar

e pr

oble

ms

whi

ch re

spec

t no

bor

ders

. We’

ll w

ork

colla

bora

tivel

y to

st

amp

this

out

onc

e an

d fo

r all.

Dete

rmin

ed a

ctio

n on

the

envi

ronm

ent c

an

impr

ove

the

lives

of m

illio

ns o

f peo

ple.

To

prot

ect t

he a

ir w

e br

eath

e an

d th

e w

ater

w

e dr

ink,

we

need

to c

ut p

ollu

tion

rapi

dly.

Plas

tic is

clo

ggin

g ou

r riv

ers,

sea

s an

d lit

terin

g ou

r lan

ds w

ith d

estru

ctiv

e an

d to

xic

cons

eque

nces

for a

nim

al a

nd h

uman

he

alth

. Tha

t’s w

hy th

e Gr

eens

gro

up

are

at th

e fo

refro

nt o

f the

figh

t aga

inst

pl

astic

pol

lutio

n. W

e ha

ve b

een

the

driv

ing

forc

e be

hind

the

Euro

pean

Par

liam

ent’s

de

man

d to

redu

ce p

last

ic w

aste

and

to

ban

a w

hole

rang

e of

sin

gle-

use

plas

tic

prod

ucts

, inc

ludi

ng s

traw

s an

d cu

tlery

. No

n-re

cycl

able

pla

stic

s m

ust b

e ta

xed

and

ultim

atel

y ba

nned

whi

lst s

usta

inab

le

alte

rnat

ives

dev

elop

ed a

nd re

cycl

ing

targ

ets

incr

ease

d.

Thou

sand

s di

e pr

emat

urel

y ev

ery

year

fro

m fi

ne p

artic

les

and

othe

r air

pollu

tant

s.

A si

gnifi

cant

incr

ease

in il

lnes

ses

has

been

pr

ovok

ed b

y th

e da

mag

e to

env

ironm

ent

from

pol

lutio

n ca

used

by

peop

le’s

act

iviti

es

and

by u

nhea

lthy

lifes

tyle

s. C

hem

ical

s,

horm

ones

, nitr

ate

or m

icro

plas

tic in

our

fo

od c

hain

pos

e m

any

heal

th d

ange

rs. T

he

Euro

pean

Uni

on m

ust a

ddre

ss th

e ro

ots

of

the

prob

lem

and

take

ade

quat

e

mea

sure

s to

pro

mot

e al

tern

ativ

es

solu

tions

. To

pres

erve

our

val

uabl

e pl

anet

, w

e w

ant t

o ex

pand

pro

tect

ed n

atur

al

habi

tats

sig

nific

antly

so

that

they

cov

er

all i

mpo

rtant

eco

syst

ems.

We

belie

ve

the

Euro

pean

Uni

on n

eeds

a n

ew a

nd

muc

h m

ore

far-

reac

hing

env

ironm

enta

l ac

tion

prog

ram

me

to a

ddre

ss th

e ca

use

and

effe

cts

of p

ollu

tion.

The

EU

shou

ld

not f

inan

ce h

arm

ing

the

envi

ronm

ent o

r bi

odiv

ersi

ty a

nd m

arin

e pr

otec

ted

area

s sh

ould

cov

er 2

0% o

f our

sea

s.

Gree

ns a

re th

e le

adin

g gr

oup

in th

e Eu

rope

an P

arlia

men

t see

king

to re

duce

th

e us

e of

dam

agin

g ch

emic

als

and

prod

ucts

in o

ur p

rodu

ctio

n sy

stem

s. T

o pr

eser

ve o

ur in

valu

able

nat

ural

wor

ld,

we

wan

t to

expa

nd p

rote

cted

nat

ural

ar

eas

sign

ifica

ntly

so

that

they

cov

er

key

ecos

yste

ms.

You

can

trus

t Gre

ens

to

alw

ays

put t

he p

rote

ctio

n of

nat

ure

first

.

Gree

ns w

ins

in 2

014-

2019

»M

anag

ed to

ens

ure

that

ther

e w

ill

be m

ore

was

te p

reve

ntio

n, s

epar

ate

colle

ctio

ns fo

r bio

-w

aste

, inc

reas

ed

recy

clin

g an

d re

duce

d la

ndfil

l. »

Follo

win

g Di

esel

gate

, we

push

ed

for n

ew ru

les

for e

nhan

ced

mar

ket

surv

eilla

nce

and

pena

lties

on

fraud

ulen

t man

ufac

ture

rs.

»W

e ha

ve b

een

the

driv

ing

forc

e be

hind

th

e Eu

rope

an P

arlia

men

t’s d

eman

d to

redu

ce p

last

ic w

aste

and

to b

an

a w

hole

rang

e of

sin

gle-

use

plas

tic

prod

ucts

.

Gree

n am

bitio

n fo

r 201

9-20

24

»En

d EU

fina

ncin

g th

at im

pact

s ne

gativ

ely

on th

e en

viro

nmen

t or o

n w

ildlif

e. »

Expa

nd m

arin

e pr

otec

ted

area

s un

til

they

cov

er 2

0% o

f our

sea

s. »

Ban

non-

recy

clab

le p

last

ics,

cre

ate

a su

ppor

tive

envi

ronm

ent f

or th

e de

velo

pmen

t sus

tain

able

alte

rnat

ives

an

d in

crea

se re

cycl

ing

targ

ets.

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28

27 g

reen

part

y eu

ro el

ecti

ons m

anife

sto

Tack

le th

e arm

s tra

de De

adly

and

dee

ply

unpo

pula

r war

s ha

ve ri

ghtly

ero

ded

trust

in th

e Br

itish

es

tabl

ishm

ent.

We’

ll bu

ild p

eace

bet

wee

n na

tions

by

mak

ing

sure

we

aren

’t fu

ellin

g vi

olen

t con

flict

s or

repr

essi

ve re

gim

es th

at

kill,

inju

re a

nd v

iola

te th

e hu

man

righ

ts o

f m

illio

ns o

f peo

ple

wor

ldw

ide

Firs

t and

fore

mos

t, w

e m

ust s

top

arm

s ex

ports

to d

icta

tors

, rep

ress

ive

regi

mes

, ar

med

gro

ups

or c

ount

ries

at w

ar a

nd

fost

er th

e de

velo

pmen

t of n

on-

viol

ent

solu

tions

to p

reve

nt d

ispu

te e

scal

atio

n.

The

EU is

stil

l a p

eace

pro

ject

. To

mai

ntai

n pe

ace,

Eur

ope

need

s a

com

mon

sec

urity

an

d de

fenc

e po

licy

by p

oolin

g an

d sh

arin

g no

n-m

ilita

ry re

sour

ces

as w

ell

as c

oord

inat

ing

Mem

ber S

tate

s’ e

fforts

at

the

Euro

pean

leve

l. Eu

rope

mus

t not

se

ek p

rofit

s fro

m u

nscr

upul

ous

expo

rts o

f ar

ms,

pol

ice

and

secu

rity

equi

pmen

t and

su

rvei

llanc

e te

chno

logi

es to

thos

e w

ho u

se

them

for h

arm

.

Strin

gent

EU

expo

rt ru

les

mus

t be

stric

tly im

pose

d. N

ew s

trong

er c

ontro

ls

over

sur

veill

ance

tech

nolo

gy d

rone

s an

d ar

tific

ial i

ntel

ligen

ce a

re n

eede

d.

Peac

e an

d de

velo

pmen

t can

not b

e gu

aran

teed

onl

y th

roug

h m

ilita

ry m

eans

. Eu

rope

sho

uld

incr

ease

its

deve

lopm

ent

coop

erat

ion

fund

ing

to re

ach

at le

ast 0

.7%

of G

DP a

nd ra

ise

its fu

ndin

g fo

r civ

il co

nflic

t pre

vent

ion,

reso

lutio

n an

d m

oder

atio

n in

stea

d of

redu

cing

it. W

hen

hum

an ri

ghts

and

the

envi

ronm

ent a

re

serio

usly

thre

aten

ed, E

urop

e ha

s to

be

able

to

def

end

its v

alue

s by

usi

ng it

s fo

reig

n po

licy

inst

rum

ents

com

preh

ensi

vely.

A

com

preh

ensi

ve c

once

pt o

f hum

an s

ecur

ity

will

onl

y th

rive

in a

n en

viro

nmen

t of

mul

tilat

eral

ism

, of i

nter

natio

nal j

ustic

e,

rule

of l

aw a

nd th

e pr

otec

tion

of h

uman

rig

hts.

Gree

ns w

ins

in 2

014-

2019

:

»As

a re

sult

of a

Gre

ens

initi

ativ

e, th

e Eu

rope

an P

arlia

men

t cal

led

for a

n in

tern

atio

nal t

reat

y to

ban

kill

er ro

bots

, ot

herw

ise

know

n as

‘let

hal a

uton

omou

s w

eapo

ns s

yste

ms’

, and

dem

ands

that

no

mon

ey fr

om th

e Eu

rope

an D

efen

ce

Fund

goe

s in

to th

e re

sear

ch a

nd

deve

lopm

ent o

f kill

er ro

bots

. »

Than

ks to

a re

port

draf

ted

by a

Gre

ens/

EFA

MEP

, the

Eur

opea

n Pa

rliam

ent

calle

d fo

r muc

h st

ricte

r con

trols

on

arm

s ex

ports

, and

arm

s em

barg

oes

agai

nst a

ll co

untri

es th

at fa

il to

uph

old

inte

rnat

iona

l hum

anita

rian

and

hum

an

right

s la

ws.

»Th

e Gr

eens

gro

up in

itiat

ed th

e ca

ll to

Hig

h Re

pres

enta

tive

Fede

rica

Mog

herin

i and

EU

Mem

ber S

tate

s to

impo

se a

n ar

ms

emba

rgo

agai

nst

Saud

i Ara

bia

for i

ts c

rimes

com

mitt

ed

in th

e w

ar in

Yem

en.

»Gr

eens

wer

e in

stru

men

tal i

n st

reng

then

ing

exis

ting

EU c

ontro

ls to

ba

n th

e ex

port

of g

oods

that

cou

ld b

e us

ed fo

r tor

ture

or t

he d

eath

pen

alty

.

Gree

n am

bitio

n fo

r 201

9-20

24

»Pu

sh fo

r EU-

wid

e ba

n on

arm

s sa

les

to S

audi

Ara

bia

and

all p

artie

s to

the

conf

lict i

n Ye

men

. »

Bloc

k EU

rese

arch

fund

s be

ing

spen

t on

def

ence

. »

Focu

s ai

d sp

endi

ng o

n ne

ed, n

ot o

n ge

opol

itica

l prio

ritie

s.

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30

Mol

ly S

cott

Cato

, Gre

en M

EP fo

r the

Sou

th W

est f

rom

201

4 an

d ou

r lea

d ca

ndid

ate

for

the

regi

on in

this

ele

ctio

n, h

ad le

d Gr

een

wor

k on

fina

nce

and

farm

ing

in E

urop

e.

Her a

chie

vem

ents

ove

r the

pas

t fou

r yea

rs in

clud

e:

»Ne

gotia

ting

a la

w to

mas

sive

ly re

duce

use

of a

ntib

iotic

s on

farm

s, re

duci

ng th

e th

reat

of

resi

stan

ce a

nd e

ndin

g th

e un

sani

tary

con

ditio

ns o

f fac

tory

farm

ing.

»Ne

gotia

ting

for a

mor

e fle

xibl

e VA

T re

gim

e th

at a

llow

UK

gove

rnm

ent t

o en

d th

e ta

mpo

n ta

x w

hile

als

o pr

otec

ting

the

£85,

000

VAT

thre

shol

d an

d ex

tend

ing

this

to a

ll Eu

rope

an b

usin

esse

s. »

Lead

ing

the

EU P

arlia

men

t on

sust

aina

ble

finan

ce a

nd w

orki

ng o

n la

ws

to m

ake

it m

anda

tory

for b

anks

, ins

uran

ce c

ompa

nies

and

pen

sion

fund

s to

repo

rt th

e su

stai

nabi

lity

impa

ct o

f peo

ple’

s fin

anci

al p

rodu

cts.

Mol

ly is

kee

n to

con

tinue

this

wor

k, if

re-

elec

ted

to s

erve

the

Sout

h W

est o

n 23

May

.

Wha

t can

one

Gre

en M

EP a

chie

ve?

vote

gre

enm

olly

scot

t cat

o

righ

t now

. for

the f

utur

e.

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31 g

reen

part

y eu

ro el

ecti

ons m

anife

sto

Jean

Lam

bert,

Gre

en M

EP fo

r Lon

don

from

201

4 to

201

9, h

as le

d w

ork

on ‘g

reen

jobs

’ in

the

Euro

pean

Par

liam

ent;

com

bini

ng th

e ne

ed to

cha

nge

to a

clim

ate-

frien

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reso

urce

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ficie

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cono

my

with

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ay a

nd c

ondi

tions

at w

ork.

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ers’

Lea

ve is

now

com

ing

in to

EU

law

, fol

low

ing

the

Euro

pean

Par

liam

ent’s

sup

port

for t

he p

ropo

sal f

rom

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n,

stem

min

g fro

m h

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ork

with

gra

ssro

ots

orga

nisa

tions

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Lond

on, s

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as o

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ed

airp

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xpan

sion

, use

d EU

law

to p

ush

for c

lean

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ir an

d su

ppor

ted

lega

l act

ions

to s

top

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depo

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n of

hom

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s EU

nat

iona

ls.

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has

bee

n a

stro

ng v

oice

for a

sylu

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rs, b

oth

in th

e EU

and

els

ewhe

re in

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wor

ld, i

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ngya

peo

ple

and

child

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in th

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ylum

pro

cess

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porti

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the

wor

k of

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don

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reun

ite fa

mili

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r eq

ualit

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trea

tmen

t for

peo

ple

and

has

prom

oted

mea

sure

s to

cha

lleng

e Is

lam

opho

bia,

in

crea

se d

iver

sity

in th

e EU

’s w

orkf

orce

and

ena

ble

bette

r acc

ess

to g

oods

and

ser

vice

s fo

r peo

ple

with

dis

abili

ties.

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n ha

s ch

ampi

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free

mov

emen

t and

the

prot

ectio

n of

pe

ople

’s ri

ghts

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ot le

ast t

hose

now

hit

by th

e th

reat

of B

rexi

t.

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t can

one

Gre

en M

EP a

chie

ve?

jean

lam

bert

Keith

Tay

lor,

Gree

n M

EP fo

r the

Sou

th E

ast f

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201

0 to

201

9 ha

s co

ncen

trate

d on

th

ree

area

s of

wor

k -

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abili

ties

and

Anim

al w

elfa

re. I

n or

der t

o m

eet t

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dead

lines

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ed to

hav

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amat

ical

ly re

duce

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rbon

em

issi

ons,

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th

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conc

entra

ted

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nerg

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nspo

rt. K

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link

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mun

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posi

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ncon

vent

iona

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gas

extra

ctio

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acki

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nd

acid

isat

ion.

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ked

on le

gisl

atio

n to

redu

ce a

ir po

llutio

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d cu

t car

bon

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rs a

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rrie

s.

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mpi

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ess

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ansp

ort f

or p

eopl

e w

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isab

ilitie

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orki

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long

side

th

e Eu

rope

an D

isab

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For

um, c

allin

g fo

r dire

ct b

enef

it fo

r the

80

mill

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disa

bled

Eu

rope

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ty A

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nex

t EU

Parli

amen

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live

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al e

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ts, o

nce

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for a

ll.

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one

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en M

EP a

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