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Sep 18 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
For the devastating floods in Central & Eastern 🇪🇺 debate in #EPlenary, Left MEP @younousomarjee expresses his solidarity with the countries affected & urges the EU to intervene.
"European countries needs a major policy of adaptation to climate change"
Left MEP @kostarvanitis presses the EU to act and stop pretending to not hear the loud alarm raised by natural disasters and climate change.
“We have deaths, vast farmlands destroyed, ruined infrastructure, and now we have victims, the dead, as well as material damages”
Sep 17 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
As the #EPlenary discusses the war in Gaza, @LNBDublin says "a genocide has been live streamed into our homes"
"If the EU really believed in #RuleOfLaw and #HumanRights, the EU-Israel, association agreement would’ve been scrapped long ago & sanctions would’ve been swift & hard".
“The Palestinian people have been expelled from their land and endured continuous suffering for nearly a century" states Left MEP @RimaHas.
"The @Europarl_EN must sanction the colonization and recognize the Palestinian people's right to self-determination. "
Jun 12 • 32 tweets • 8 min read
As counting continues in some countries and talks go on inside the European Parliament, we are pleased to welcome back and introduce our MEPs for the new mandate. 👏⬇️
Welcome back @BotengaM to The Left group ✊
Nov 9, 2023 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
‼️Ceasefire Now‼️
In the European Parliament today, cross-group MEPs have one resounding message.
Silence is not an option.
We need an immediate ceasefire, provision of urgently needed humanitarian aid, and the end of violence in Israel and Palestine.
So far the European Parliament has shamefully failed to call for a ceasefire, instead insisting on short “humanitarian pauses”.
This is not good enough.
10,000 civilians killed in Gaza.
4,000 of them are children.
Gaza is becoming a graveyard. (2/5)
#GazaCeasefire
Nov 22, 2022 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
Journalists, you are welcome to our press conference with MEP @MiguelUrban and NGOs saving people in distress in the Mediterranean.
📅Tuesday 22 November
⏲️17:00 CET
🏢Daphne Caruana Galizia room LOW N-1/201
📺Online broadcast: tinyurl.com/32vvxz5k
left.eu/search-and-res…
"Could you imagine if search and rescue vessels were full of Ukrainians and Meloni wouldn’t let them disembark in Italy?" - @MiguelUrban during the press conference with staff and crew from NGO boats operating in the Mediterranean.
Dec 6, 2021 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
New EU border surveillance tech & fences are generating millions in profits for some companies.
Follow the launch of our study on who's cashing in, how they're operating, & who's paying the price.
🗓️ 07/12/2021
⏲️ 11.00 CET
More info & registration 👉🏽 left.eu/events/study-l…
“The arms industries are saying: ‘This is a security problem, so buy my weapons, buy my drones, buy my surveillance system,’” - @OezlemADemirel.
The Guardian maps out the result of the EU’s spending on border tech.
In October 2020, India and South Africa submitted a proposal to the @wto for easing of rules that impose intellectual property barriers that restrict access to COVID-19 vaccines & treatments i.e. #TRIPSWaiver
The EU is blocking the proposal.
A thread ⬇️
left.eu/why-is-the-eur…
During the HIV/AIDS epidemic, high-income countries had access to lifesaving drugs while millions in developing countries were left to die.
This scenario is repeating itself due to power and greed. We need #TRIPSWaiver to end the pandemic.
"The vaccines have been developed thanks to billions of euros of public money. Yet, patents remain in the hands of Big Pharma. As a result, governments cannot produce sufficient doses..."
"Only three contracts have been made public. This is what they look like: the most important information is hidden! For the other contracts, we will have to wait. Because yes, Big Pharma decides, not the Commission." @ManonAubryFr to Commission President @vonderleyen#EPlenary
Feb 9, 2021 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
In condemning the "illegal ruling" by Poland's constitutional court to ban #abortion, @MEugeniaRPalop says such criminalisation is "a violation of #WomensRights."
"It is part of an international, far-right conservative objective: to destroy gender equality."
"In spite of mass street protests, by pushing through the #abortion ban with the help of illegitimate judges, the Polish government has violated EU #RuleOfLaw."
Feb 9, 2021 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
The Commission has not learnt from the mistakes of the past, says @joseggusmao.
"This Recovery Fund has an umbilical cord relationship with the European Semester and the looming threat of a return to the infamous macroeconomic conditionality."
For @joao_ferreira33, member states will have to foot the bill of the Recovery Fund:
"Member states will have to pay for the money they receive now with cuts in the money they were expected to receive in the future."