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Cyclists arrive in Strasbourg today for the start of the final leg of the Good Food March’s journey to Brussels to call for a radical change of direction in European food and farming policy. The international riders are heading to what is hoped will be the biggest ever gathering of EU citizens calling for a …
Good Food March heads for Brussels as global food crisis deepensRead more
In just one month’s time, people from across Europe will be setting off on the final leg of a bicycle journey to Brussels to attend the biggest ever gathering of EU citizens calling for a greener and fairer future for farming in Europe. The event takes place as politicians debate the reform of the EU’s …
New ethics rules in the European Parliament are not strict enough to ensure complete transparency on MEPs’ outside interests, and therefore prevent potential conflicts of interest, shows the first analysis of declarations made under the code of conduct. [1] The research conducted by Friends of the Earth Europe, and released today, reveals weaknesses in the …
As the European Commission organises an important conference on the future of Europe’s farming (July 13), environmental and farming groups are asking policy makers to make this a lucky day for the Common Agricultural Policy. European agriculture needs to move away from harmful and industrialised farming and towards greener and fairer farming practices that lead …
A European Parliament committee vote tomorrow (Wednesday July 11), with a major bearing on EU budget spending for the 2014-2020 period, must reject the re-classification of fossil fuels as ‘low-carbon’, urged environmental groups today. Failure to do so would permit these drivers of climate change to be awarded potentially billions of euros of EU taxpayers’ …
MEP vote on EU budget is test of climate commitmentRead more
Industry experts and corporate lobbyists have effectively captured key areas of policy advice within the European Commission, according to new research carried out by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU), launched today at a joint event with the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB) and the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour [1]. The …
Industry experts dominate key areas of policy makingRead more
