Developers and Airbnb lobbyists had a major influence on the report today, while tenants' rights movements hardly got a look in.
Read our full analysis of the report passed by the European Parliament here:
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Today the European Parliament adopted the wrong answer to the housing crisis:
💰tax cuts for property developers
🏚️evictions for the poorly housed
Our MEPs carried out an action just before the vote: the right makes profits for the rich, The Left builds houses.
Regulate the speculators. Tax the rich. Read our response to the report here:
left.eu/tax-breaks-f...
Next week the European Parliament will propose these measures to tackle the housing crisis in Europe:
💰Tax breaks for the rich 🏚️evictions for the poor
The Housing Committee's report is a lobbyist's dream, and a nightmare for working people.
Como rehén de la extrema derecha, el PP europeo sitúa la expulsión de seres humanos sin derechos ni garantías en el centro de las políticas migratorias de la UE, sin respetar el principio de no devolución.
Y para que no se sepa, hurta el debate parlamentario.
@left.eu
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"Who could believe Trump and war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu care about Iranian lives?" - Left MEP
@botengam.bsky.social
Read our statement on the EU's support for violent regime change in Iran here:
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🚨 Israel's Parliament is proceeding with a law to introduce the death penalty for Palestinians.
We will raise it in the European Parliament today. Join us for this urgent press conference at 11:30 CET with Left MEP
@lnbdublin.bsky.social
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“The nationalist ideology of the ruling class in Moscow attacks diversity, freedom of expression, openness, and democracy.
Nothing frightens dictators more than democracy.”
- Left Co-Chair Martin Schirdewan speaking in the European Parliament today
Another pathetic act by the European Commission to bend the knee to Trump and his plans to build beachfront property on the graveyard of a genocide.
The Left abhors the Commission's involvement in the so-called 'Board of Peace' and the new colonial regime for Gaza.
‼️ Hoy la Unión Europea traiciona sus principios.
🇪🇺 Malas noticias desde Estrasburgo, el Parlamento Europeo aprueba dos normas que pisotean el derecho al asilo
@left.eu
Mon groupe @left.eu est le seul à s'être unanimement opposé à la destruction du droit d'asile 🇪🇺 !
L'alliance droite / extrême droite, soutenue par la moitié des centristes, a permis le passage de ce texte inhumain, autorisant la déportation les réfugiés en dehors d'Europe. Une honte !
Maja is 24, non-binary, anti-fascist, and today they have been sentenced to 8 years in prison in Hungary.
Anti-fascism is not terrorism, it is a democratic duty.
We stand with Maja and with everyone across Europe who refuses to be silenced.
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A la Cour de Justice de l’Union 🇪🇺 pour soutenir, au nom de @left.eu une activiste des droits humains dans sa plainte contre le parlement. Il lui interdit l’accès à l’institution pour 2 ans parce qu’elle a envoyé des avions en papier lors du vote du funeste pacte asile/migration. Décision lamentable
Je soutiens, devant le Parlement 🇪🇺, des représentants du peuple Kurde, aujourd’hui complètement abandonné par la communauté internationale, notamment en #Syrie et au #Rojava. L’Europe ne peut se rendre complice des exactions du régime d’Al Jolani et des milices d’Erdogan contre les #Kurdes
@left.eu
🚨 Following the murder of protesters and widespread arbitrary detentions in the USA, ICE cannot be allowed in Europe.
We are calling for an immediate travel ban on all ICE agents.
This is now urgent following reports ICE will police the Winter Olympics in Italy 🚨
The public execution of Alex Pretti is being praised by the European far-right who want to copy and paste ICE tactics on this side of the Atlantic.
To honour the memory of those murdered by ICE, we must mobilise against efforts to export the Trump model worldwide
🔴 VICTORY!
The European Parliament has voted for The Left's request to refer the Mercosur agreement to the ECJ.
A blow to this treaty, which is destructive to agriculture, the climate, and health.
"A great victory for farmers. A great victory for the Left" -
@lukemingflanagan.bsky.social
Early this morning, Israeli forces destroyed the United Nations' UNRWA Headquarters in Jerusalem in another breach of international law by the fugitive Netanyahu.
Will the European Union issue another 'statement of concern' or will we finally see sanctions on this rogue state?
Les procureurs du procès de Maja, militante antifasciste, ont annoncé vouloir une peine sévère pour l'exemple.
Elle risque jusqu'à 24 ans de prison pour s'être opposée à un rassemblement de nazis à Budapest.
Notre résolution avec les camarades de @left.eu.
Journalists can join our press conference today with Left co-presidents @manonaubryfr.bsky.social &
@schirdewan.bsky.social
This week our main fights are:
🐄 stopping EU-Mercosur
🔫 less funds for you, more for arms companies
✊ freedom for the people of Iran
📅Tuesday 20 December ⏲️11:20 CET
Strength, solidarity and condolences with all those who have lost loved ones or have been injured in the terrible train crash in Adamuz in Spain.
From across the continent, our gratitude to the rail workers and emergency services for their courage.
Trump is our greatest ally and BRICS+ countries are the enemy! (in the parallel universe where the European right wing currently abide) 🤡
Read more about the deluded foreign policy vision that will be presented in the European Parliament this week 👇
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Across the globe, oppressed peoples are taking a stand against repressive, misogynist and fascist regimes.
From Iran to Kurdistan, The Left supports the right to self-determination and democratic rule, free from international intervention and coercion.
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New Year, same struggle ❄️
🚨BREAKING 🚨
The Left just rolled out the biggest banner the European Parliament has ever seen in support of reproductive rights and the My Voice My Choice campaign
My body, my voice, my choice.
La semaine prochaine, on vote le 1er texte pour encadrer l'IA au travail. Je présente les enjeux à mes collègues @left.eu.
Il faut 361 voix sur 720 pas une de moins.
L’extrême droite hésite : contre ou abstention. Les complices de l’asservissement des travailleurs.
Comme toujours
Hoy nos encontramos con quienes están organizando la resistencia ante los planes de deportaciones masivas de la UE en este evento que organizamos desde @left.eu
+ info y directo: left.eu/events/resis...
"We urgently need an ethics body with more teeth to stop the rot of corruption at its source, rather than waiting for the next scandal to break.”
- Left Co-Chair @manonaubryfr.bsky.social on Federica Mogherini joining the esteemed club of top EU figures to be investigated for corruption.
