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ALTER-EU welcomes vote to accept MEP Code of Conduct but regrets weakening of rules

Brussels, November 17 – Transparency campaigners have welcomed today’s vote of the European Parliament constitutional affairs committee (AFCO) on the proposed Code of Conduct for MEPs [1], but warned that an important loophole on the definition of gifts risks undermining the core of the proposals. Seven months after the “cash for influence” scandal in which …

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Europe’s factory farms devastating communities and environment, reveals new film

Brussels, October 16 – A new film launched on World Food Day reveals a hidden chain of destruction stretching from factory farms in Europe to the forests of South America where huge soy plantations are devastating communities, destroying wildlife and worsening the effects of climate change. The ground breaking film – Killing Fields, the battle …

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Europe wastes its resources: €5 billion thrown away every year

Brussels, 7 October – Europe throws away resources worth over 5 billion euros every year by landfilling or incinerating materials that could be recycled, Friends of the Earth Europe reported today [1]. At the same time, Europe is importing ever-increasing quantities of materials from the rest of the world [2]. Dr Michael Warhurst of Friends …

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