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+160 organisations urge decisionmakers to say NO to Omnibus law

On 8 November 2024, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced she would introduce a proposal to amend three key pillars of the European Green Deal through an Omnibus law: the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), and the Taxonomy Regulation. This law could essentially act as a …

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EU Competitiveness Compass must safeguard social and environmental protections

More than 270 civil society organisations, trade unions, consumer groups, farmers organisations, civil rights groups and environmental organisations representing millions of citizens, call on European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen to shun deregulation and prioritise the protection of people, nature, and democracy in its decision-making processes. This warning comes ahead of the announcement of …

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New Polish draft on new GMOs: who wins and who loses

Following the Polish presidency’s new draft EU law to exclude the new generation of genetically-modified organisms (new GMOs, so-called NGTs) from most EU legislative requirements, Friends of the Earth Europe publishes a series of briefings assessing the impacts of the deregulation plans for different segments of the society – from patents, labelling, risk assessments and …

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EU-Mercosur threatens people’s right, the planet & democracy

After more than 20 years of secretive negotiations, an agreement has been announced on the EU-Mercosur free-trade deal. Yet the deal’s future still remains in doubt due to the political context: countries like France and Poland opposing the deal, dangerous far-right leadership in both blocs – Argentinian climate-denier President Milei to assume Mercosur presidency by …

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Energy Charter Treaty modernisation adopted, still undermines climate action

Today, the Energy Charter Conference finally adopted its proposal for modernising the climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). Negotiations to reform the ECT aimed to align it with the climate goals of the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal. However, even after modernisation, the ECT continues to undermine European and global climate policies. It still …

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Toxic Trade Alert: +400 organisations urge leaders to drop EU-Mercosur deal

Just one week before a potential announcement of a new political agreement of the EU-Mercosur trade deal, +400 civil society organizations, social movements, think tanks and other social groups from Latin America and the European Union, representing millions people demand an end to the negotiations of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. They call it a “toxic …

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