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Delay of EU-Mercosur deal, a relief for peoples & environmental justice

After 20 years of negotiations, the outdated EU-Mercosur trade deal has been delayed again. The promoters of the deal hoped to announce a political agreement at the Mercosur summit held today but Argentina and France refused to give their green light for a ratification. A political agreement was reached in 2019 but its ratification stopped …

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New GMOs: What citizens, farmers, food operators & nature can expect from EU agri ministers

On 10-11 December, EU agriculture ministers will try to reach a general agreement on the European Commission’s proposal to widely deregulate the new generation of genetically modified organisms (new GMOs, also called new genomic techniques). Under the Spanish Council presidency, ministers have largely supported the Commission’s deregulation approach. However, the majority required to green-light the …

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COP 28: EU must push fossil fuel phase-out and equitable climate action

Rich countries most responsible for the climate crisis must take the lead in pursuing a just and equitable transition away from all fossil fuels and providing finance to developing countries, rather than wasting time on carbon markets, risky technofixes and other misguided approaches, affirm Friends of the Earth International (FoEI), as UN climate talks are …

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Council position on CSDDD: a bad deal for Climate and Finance

Ahead of today’s trilogue, the Council proposes a bad deal to Parliament by excluding the financial sector, and proposing weak and unenforceable climate plans.  The outcome of last week’s COREPER meeting was unequivocal: the Spanish presidency has received a mandate to advocate for the exclusion of the financial sector from the scope of the Corporate …

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Campaigners light the way towards a pesticide-free EU

On Wednesday 22 November, MEPs will vote in plenary the EU Commission’s pesticide reduction regulation proposal (SUR). Campaigners from Friends of the Earth Europe, WeMove Europe, Générations Futures, BirdLife Europe & Central Asia, PAN Europe lighted up the EU Parliament with a giant projection calling on them to ‘Say NO to pesticides’ and to support an ambitious regulation that champions biodiversity and people’s health over corporate profits.

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