European Parliament

On Tuesday 17 January, Antonio Tajani was been elected President of the European Parliament. The Green candidate in the race, the English MEP Jean Lambert, managed to get up to 56 votes in the three rounds she took part in.

Monica Frassoni comments on the decision of the AGRI committee to reject a draft Commission law on the use of GMOs.

EGP Co-Chairs welcome the Greek Prime Minister’s proposal, that the European Parliament should play an active role in overseeing the new credit agreement with Greece.

The European Parliament has started the process of appointing its leaders. This week, the European Parliament's committees voted to appoint their chairs and vice-chairs.

The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament today elected Rebecca Harms and Philippe Lamberts as its co-presidents for the first half of the legislative term (2014-17).

The European Parliament this evening voted to approve an agreement on revising EU legislation on markets in financial instruments. The Greens have welcomed provisions which would curb speculation on food, energy and other commodity markets, as well as stronger rules on consumer protection, market transparency and high-frequency trading.