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In France, the Greens strongly condemn the Trump administration’s decisions against scientific research and express their full support for the Stand Up For Science movement

The Greens strongly condemn the attacks on scientific research, its funding and its independence by the Trump administration. They advocate free and independent scientific research.The French Green Party considers that among the disastrous decisions it has taken...

Environmentalist and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson requests political asylum in France

This request was made in a letter to the French head of state "a few days ago", declared Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, a fervent supporter of the 73-year-old environmental activist, at a press conference...

Intrusion at Le Bourget Airport: Trial of 13 Environmental Activists Postponed to May 23

The trial of 13 activists from Attac and Extinction Rebellion, who entered the tarmac of Le Bourget Airport (Seine-Saint-Denis) in September 2023, has been postponed, Attac announced on Friday, October 18. The trial was due to be...

Environment: according to WWF, animal populations have declined by three-quarters in 50 years

The major international conference on the preservation of biodiversity, COP16, opens in ten days in Cali, Colombia. Objective: to consolidate the agreement reached at the previous meeting, to protect 30% of the planet's land and sea areas...

Michel Barnier appointed Prime Minister: environmental NGOs concerned about his ecological ambitions

In the wake of many politicians, several environmental associations reacted to the appointment of Michel Barnier to Matignon, Thursday, September 5. Greenpeace France expresses "its concern" in a press release entitled: "The ecological...

Western Sahara: the Greens believe that Emmanuel Macron betrayed France’s historic position

It was in a letter addressed on July 29, 2024, to the King of Morocco, on the occasion of his 25 years of reign, that the President of the Republic chose to distance himself from the framework...

France: the Greens file an appeal before the Council of State on the incompatibility of the functions of minister and deputy

The law organizes political life "when deputies become ministers, but not when ministers become deputies", believes the ecologist deputy Léa Balage. Several on the left have been trying for several days to clarify the accumulation of functions...

Climate change: on the occasion of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, WWF reminds us of “the records that should not be broken”

WWF, the World Wide Fund for Nature, is launching a new awareness campaign on the climate emergency on the occasion of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The nature protection association warns of climate "records", established all over...

The French Greens will hold their traditional Summer Days this year in the ecological city of Tours at the Balzac Island Park

This 40th edition of the traditional Summer Days will be an opportunity for the Green Party of France to discover concretely how the ecological municipal teams are changing this ecological city of Tours at the Balzac Island...

On the sidelines of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Airparif launches a new forecasting tool to measure air quality street by street

Developed by Airparif and the Île-de-France Regional Health Agency, this new air quality measurement and forecast tool makes it possible to know pollution rates street by street. Users will therefore be able to obtain information in real...

In France, two NGOs ask the State to condition public aid on the real reduction of CO2 emissions

The Climate Action Network and France Nature Environnement are calling on the State to condition public aid granted to French industry on a real reduction in CO2 emissions. While French industry as a whole is responsible for...

Climate change: Oxfam denounces the lack of adaptation measures to deal with global warming in France

The NGO Oxfam France denounces in a report the lack of adaptation measures to global warming in France. In this report entitled "Climate change: we are not ready", which brings together dozens of studies on global warming,...

Legislative results 2024: for Marine Tondelier (EELV), “social and environmental justice” and “the people have won”

The New Popular Front came first in the second round of the legislative elections in France with 182 deputies, according to experts' estimates. The RN of Jordan Bardella and its allies finally came third, behind the presidential...

Europe Ecology – The Greens: after the results of the first round of the legislative elections, Marine Tondelier calls to avoid the chaos of an ungovernable France

The national secretary of Ecologists Marine Tondelier estimated that after the results of the first round of the legislative elections, the page on Macronism had been turned (in reference to people who support French President Emmanuel Macron)....

Legislative elections 2024: Marine Tondelier of the Ecologists denounces the “cowardly behavior” of Bruno Le Maire

“They have chosen dishonor, they will have dishonor and defeat,” responded Marine Tondelier to Bruno Le Maire’s call not to vote for la France insoumise in the second round of the legislative elections on July 7.The national...

Volt’s five MEPs will join the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament

Since the European elections at the beginning of the month, the parties have started to form groups in the hemicycle. Forming the broadest alliances allows funds to be distributed and influence within Parliament. Hence the decision concerning...

In France, scientists and NGOs fear the arrival of the National Rally in power in the early 2024 legislative elections

Climate activists, renewable energy players and scientists are concerned about the possible arrival of the National Rally (RN) to power. They denounce an “empty” program and the populist party’s lack of skills in the fight against global...

France: to finance green industry, the “future climate savings plan” will be launched on July 1

The government is setting up a “Avenir Climat” savings plan to finance industrial decarbonization, accessible from July 1. Part of French savings will be deducted in favor of the environment. The decree was published in the official...

European elections in France: Green MPs narrowly saved

They avoided the worst. Marie Toussaint's list, supported by Les Ecologistes-EELV, obtained 5.5% of the votes in the European elections, Sunday June 9, according to the final results published by the Ministry of...

France: adoption of a bill to limit perennial pollutants, a major victory for ecologists in the Senate

The text constitutes a major victory for ecologists towards the overall improvement of environmental health. The Senate passed a bill to limit eternal pollutants. As part of the niche of...

Oil and gas industry worsens climate change, say hundreds of NGOs

For their contribution to climate change and its fatal impact on human and non-human lives, several organizations have decided to take action by filing a new complaint against Total Energies in Paris last...

Intolerable police violence in France: for Ecologists, that’s enough!

France is facing days of national mobilization at the call of the inter-union against the pension reform, in a social climate which has deteriorated further since the adoption in...

2027 presidential election in France: Marine Tondelier opens the way to “a joint candidacy” from the left

It was in October 2022 that she was elected head of Europe Écologie Les-Verts (EELV), a few months after the setback suffered by Yannick Jadot in the presidential election. More than a year after her induction into...

Europe Écologie-Les Verts launches its Ecologists movement

EELV maintained this launch in Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis), Saturday October 14, 2023, despite the excitement caused by the Islamist attack the day before 2023 in a middle school in Arras during which a teacher was killed and three...

Niger crisis : EELV asks the African Union and ECOWAS to favor peaceful mediation effort

Since Wednesday, July 26, 2023, the President of Niger, Mr. Mohamed Bazoum, has been kidnapped and held prisoner by elements of the Republican Guard, normally responsible for ensuring his security. A military government,...

Europe Ecology – The Greens is determined to strengthen its mechanism for reporting and dealing with gender-based and sexual violence

Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) chose the firm Aequality, an expert on gender-based and sexual violence, led by Marie Becker, to carry out an audit of the VSS Investigation and Sanction Unit...

Plastic pollution: EELV calls for a treaty that meets the challenges

Plastic will be the center of attention this week in Paris. Or more precisely, the fight against plastic pollution, this scourge that destroys marine and terrestrial ecosystems and affects human health. The French capital is hosting negotiations...

Environmentalists appeal to Macron over pension reform plan

An open letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, written by elected environmentalists, asks him to withdraw his text on the pension reform project in order to preserve the cohesion of the country and to cultivate fraternity. Elected...

Ecologist Yannick Jadot will be a candidate for the senatorial elections in Paris in September 2023

After a second term in the European Parliament, the former candidate of Europe Écologie Les Verts (EELV) in the last presidential election, Yannick Jadot, wishes to work in the Senate to "improve the...

French prosecutor investigates greenwashing allegations against TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies in the sights of justice. An investigation has been underway since December 2021 against the multinational oil company for "misleading commercial practices" in the field of the environment,...

Disposable packaging and utensils now banned in French fast food

In France, since January 1, it is forbidden for fast food establishments to offer disposable packaging to their customers. Fast-food restaurants like McDonald's, KFC, Burger King or Subway, all the big brands can...

France: elected at the head of the Greens, Marine Tondelier wants to make EELV a more unifying party

Widely elected at the head of the ecologist party, the new national secretary of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts, unknown to the general public, wants to breathe new life into an...

Energy crisis: France restarts the Saint-Avold coal-fired power plant

Closed since March, the Émile-Huchet coal-fired power station in Saint-Avold (Moselle) started producing electricity again on Monday morning. Although this type of plant emits a lot of CO2, the...

French Greens call for ban on private jets

In a move that has both environmental and populist appeal, the Green Party of France (Ecology Les Verts) is calling for a ban on private travel by jet in France.  There is significant support for the proposal...

LEGISLATIVE FRANCE: Sandrine Rousseau facing Sandrine Rousseau. Strategy or simple coincidence?

Two candidates with the same name, Sandrine Rousseau, are running for the legislative elections. The unprecedented situation has arisen in the 9th district of Paris, where out of the 13 candidates in the race, two Sandrine...
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