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New changes to Raw Materials laws still give way to EU’s extraction worldwide

Today, the European Parliament voted on the Critical Raw Materials Act, the Regulation proposed by the European Commission in March 2023. There were high hopes for MEPs to make significant improvements to the file, and a big win was achieved with binding recognition of Indigenous peoples rights. However overall, the adopted changes maintain a narrow …

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EU-CELAC summit: 450+ organisations call to stop toxic EU-Mercosur deal

A coalition of more than 450 organisations from Latin America and Europe, including trade unions, peasants, social movements, animal activists and environmentalists criticised the announcement by leaders from the EU and Mercosur countries that they aim to resolve outstanding issues and conclude the EU-Mercosur trade agreement by the end of 2023. Lis Cunha, Greenpeace Germany …

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Agribusiness fostered by EU-Mercosur deal threatens Brazil’s environmental agenda

Despite hopeful reports of a deforestation decrease in the Brazilian Amazon, the situation has worsened in the less protected and less scrutinised Cerrado territory, reveals a new factsheet published by Friends of the Earth Europe and Reporter Brasil. Meanwhile, the EU will try to make progress on the ratification of the EU-Mercosur deal during the …

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EU Commission’s new GMOs proposal sacrifices consumers’ rights and puts nature at risk

On 5 July 2023, the European Commission published its legislative proposal to deregulate the new generation of genetically modified plants (new GMOs, or now so-called ‘new genomic techniques’ or NGT). The proposal abolishes labelling requirements, safety checks and any type of liability processes for new GMOs. As a result, consumers, farmers, and food processors will no longer have transparency on whether the plants and food they grow, buy and eat contains new GMOs or not.

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EU Commission moves ahead with coordinated exit from the Energy Charter Treaty

In a recent decision, the European Commission pushed for the coordinated withdrawal of the EU, Euratom and all member states from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), an international investment agreement protecting fossil fuel investments, rejecting the EU Council’s proposal to move ahead with the splitting option. A split withdrawal from the ECT means the EU, …

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