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In December 2025, the three EU institutions agreed on a plan to remove key safeguards for the new generation of GMOs, so called new genomic techniques. As a result, the vast majority of them will now be allowed onto the market without any safety checks, transparency and liability requirements. If widely cultivated across Europe, this …
New GMOs: EU lawmakers put Big Biotech’s interests over farmers and consumers’ rightsRead more
At tomorrow’s European Council, EU leaders will try to close a deal on using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s defence. This is challenged by Belgium, which fears billion-euros arbitration claims that could be made under bilateral investment treaties (BITs). As these treaties undermine states’ ability to act in the public interest and clash with EU’s …
Today, the European Commission published its “Food and Feed Omnibus” proposal, dismantling some of the EU’s most fundamental protections against pesticides that poison our food, water, nature. Pressured by corporate interests, the EU Commission would grant many pesticides indefinite approval, removing the current 10- to 15-year scientific reassessment that is essential for detecting new …
Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever’s refusal to use the immobilised Russian assets held at Euroclear for fear of arbitration claims exposes how investment treaties can constrain the EU at a critical moment. An analysis of publicly-disclosed claims conducted by civil society organisations reveals that 28 investment arbitration cases (including threats) have been initiated by …
How billion-dollar investor arbitrations undermine sanctions & Ukraine’s defenseRead more
Last night, the European Parliament, Council and Commission agreed to fully deregulate the new generation of genetically-modified organisms (new GMOs, or so-called ‘new genomic techniques’). Mute Schimpf, food campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe, condemned this deal: “This agreement is nothing more than an early gift for the biotech industry and a punishment for …
New GMOs deal: an early Christmas gift to big biotechRead more
Today, the government of the Netherlands and the UK announced that they will drop their funding support from TotalEnergies’ controversial LNG Mozambique project. In the UK’s case, that means $ 1.15 billion. The news comes shortly after the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) filed a criminal complaint in France against TotalEnergies for …
