One of the first, profound changes brought about by the new Greek government was for the Ministry for Migration Policy to be absorbed into the Ministry of Citizen Protection.
This is a very important and highly symbolic move, which begs the question: Does New Democracy view immigrants and refugees as a threat to citizens? Do they …
Evaluating the days since the electoral result in Greece, in today’s GUE/NGL meeting. I talked about the centralization of power orchestrated -literally overnight!- by the new PM, Mr Mitsotakis. About the stifling degree of control exerted on the media, the intelligence services and those institutions charged with upholding human rights. Have of those have been …
In swift reaction to the situation in Italy, the GUE/NGL group has decided to take a number of actions, to actively and practically express our support and solidarity for Carola Rakete, rescuer and captain of Sea Watch III, who is being prosecuted for her humanitarianism.
Today, during the new European Parliament’s constituent session, all GUE members …
From today’s GUE/NGL group meeting, in Strasbourg, on deciding on ways to actively support Captain Carola Rakete. Here follows my position on calling attention to the causes of the refugee issue.
The main cause of the refugee crisis is not the policies of Salvini or other far-right voices in the EU. The main …
