On Tuesday, the European Parliament will vote whether JC Juncker should be the new President of the Commission. His nomination by the Council has been a victory of democracy and also an institutional victory of the parliament. I have defended very strongly his right to be the first to try…

Will you be able to answer key questions on ecology, food, climate, employment and youth issues? Are you more of a newbie than a real activist? Test your Green knowledge! >> http://greenquiz.eu/

You think 751 MEPs are many? Then only think of them and their employees. Yes, you’re right, that’s some small town. But still this is nothing compared to the amounts of lobbyists concerning themselves with changing MEPs minds on a daily basis. The ratio? It’s 20 people per 1 MEP.…

After another 5 years have passed, much has changed in Europe. The crisis has struck us and keeps us in chains, Fukushima took place, but only got few member staates to rethink their environmental approachs in engergy consumption and production. That’s by far not all, so have a look at…

Watch this slapstick like recap of the EFA/Greens group on their work in the European Parliament prepared in an internal boot camp. You will see us have fun and really giving our best emulating the other sides opinions, which certainly ist tough for a green by conviction.    

Obama is in Brussels today to talk about the free trade agreement with the EU, called TTIP. In its current form, TTIP is a threat to European citizens – it would lower standards on food, health, and the environment. Time for a limbo dance on Place Luxembourg! We ask Barroso,…

Having a look over the rim of the tea cup is no easy task. It get’s even harder, when you lack information and media to du so. Ska supports media-pluralism, which is not only emporering people to see the bigger picture, but fostering diversity of opinion and cultural variance.  

Today, I voted for a remarkable resolution of the European Parliament. Adopted by a large majority, the resolution strongly defends free movement in the EU and condemns politicians pandering to populist whims by talking of “benefit tourism” and calling for restrictions against the free movement. The Parliament warns that it…

Garment workers in Cambodia last week started working again after two weeks of strike. Unfortunately they did not quit their strike because their demands were accepted, but because their protest were struck down so brutally, that five protesting workers were killed and many injured. The garment workers on strike have…

After all that’s been before, after the countless bodies on Lampedusa’s cost and nonetheless the ones, who died in the Mediterranean it’s far beyond “about time” for the EU to change it’s policy regarding refugees and (il)legal migration. Lately the European press and public have been granting the topic more relevance,…