Strasbourg, lundi 21 mai 2007 – < Le Parlement européen est a deux doigts d’avaliser une stratégie commerciale qui conférera d’importants privileges aux grandes entreprises européennes aux dépens des petits entrepreneurs, des paysans, des travailleurs et de l’environnement >, souligne aujourd’hui le Réseau Seattle to Brussels. [1] Ce réseau d’ONG, de syndicats, d’associations et de mouvements sociaux …
Friends of the Earth exposes EU for secret biotech industry bias
Brussels June 20 – Friends of the Earth has condemned a high-level meeting on Europe’s future biotechnology strategy, that is taking place today behind closed doors and from which environmental NGOs have been barred entry.[1] Helen Holder, GMO Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe said: “Meeting in secret to discuss issues of high public …
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EU to approve support for failing GM crops sector
Brussels, May 21st 2007 – The EU is poised today to approve further financial and political support for genetically modified (GM) crops [1, despite growing evidence that the sector is failing. Helen Holder, coordinator of the Friends of the Earth Europe GMOs campaign, said: “EU leaders continue to blindly push for genetically modified crops, despite …
EU Member States reject GM oilseed rape and support Hungary GM maize ban
Brussels, September 18th 2006 – Friends of the Earth Europe has called on the European Commission to respect EU member states’ wishes and refuse authorisation of a genetically modified (GM) oilseed rape. At an Agriculture Council meeting today, only a small minority of EU Farm Ministers voted in favour of importing the GM oilseed rape …
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Georgian authorities illegally evict green group
Tbilisi, (Georgia), Brussels (Belgium) 14 May – Friends of the Earth groups from 31 countries across Europe have reacted in outrage to the illegal forced eviction of Friends of the Earth Georgia from its office in Tbilisi. [1] Fouad Hamdan, Director of Friends of the Earth Europe said: “The Friends of the Earth Europe network …
Climate change: Poor Suffer as World gets Hotter
Brussels, April 6, 2007 – Friends of the Earth Europe has demanded steep emissions cuts by all rich countries and more funding for climate change adaptation in developing countries, after the world’s leading scientific experts today warned that the world’s poor – who have done least to pollute the atmosphere – will suffer most as …
