Ska has given EURANET a direct quote on how us Greens belive to help young people into jobs and perspective. You can listen to it and get the full acticle with many others speaking on “EU youth unemployment: Steps to prevent a ‘lost generation’”. Youth unemployment is one of the…

On occasion of yesterday’s third anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Green Group in the European Parliament remembered the human beings who died immediately during the catastrophe or do still suffern from its consequences. The failure occurred when the plant was hit by the tsunami triggered by the Töhoku…

PRESS RELEASE – Strasbourg, 9 December 2013 The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee this evening voted on new EU legislation governing sea missions by FRONTEX, the EU’s border management agency. The Greens welcomed the vote, which sets out the EP’s position for negotiations with EU governments on the new rules…

The WALL STREET JOURNAL published an article on Dec. 04 on the European border issue, I was mentioned in.   BRUSSELS—European officials proposed allowing people to apply for asylum in Europe from abroad, part of a package of measures intended to discourage dangerous, illegal journeys like the one that cost…

Brussels, 4 December 2013 – The European Commission today presented proposals on the new EU ‘Mediterranean Taskforce’, which was established in response to the latest refugee disaster off the coast of Lampedusa. Commenting on the proposals, Green migration policy spokesperson Ska Keller said: “This Taskforce shows the Commission has sadly…

A week before the global trade talks in the WTO in Bali, on November 27: As part of the launch of the “Alternative Trade Mandate”, activists and campaigners from all over Europe organised a 2-hour “walk of resistance and alternatives” through the EU quarter. They stopped at hotspots of current EU trade policy-making with banners, posters and…

The EU should adopt long-term humanitarian measures to cope with illegal immigration. ANKARA  – EU struggles to cope with immigration, especially illegal immigration which has turned into a humanitarian crisis as hundreds lost their lives. Experts criticize the EU for handling the issue mainly from a security perspective rather than…

Climate refugees need legal protection On the occasion of the 19th Climate negotiations in Warsaw Green Youth Germany and Young Friends of the Earth Germany demand legal protection of climate refugees. On 16th November at 11:30 am a demonstration on climate migration will take place in front of the headquarter…

PRESS RELEASE – Strasbourg, 10 October 2013 The European Parliament today endorsed a legislative agreement on setting up a new European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR). The Greens have criticised the focus of the proposed system and hit out at weak provisions on assisting refugees in distress at sea. Commenting after…

EU needs to finally take responsibility for migrants at risk Brussels – 3 October 2013 – Commenting on the tragic boat accident in the Mediterranean, near Lampedusa, which has left at least 82 migrants dead, Green migration policy spokesperson Ska Keller said: “This latest tragedy in the Mediterranean must be…