Ahead of an important vote in April 2019 in the European Parliament to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Friends of the Earth Europe and 15 other civil society organisations representing organic farmers, environmental protection, animal welfare, development, food and health interests are demanding MEPs in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development vote to …
No palm oil in the EU-Indonesia trade and investment agreement
The EU-Indonesia trade deal CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) is currently being discussed in Brussels. Indonesian negotiators are hoping to sell their favourite good to Europeans: palm oil. A commodity smeared with controversy, as it causes labour violations, deforestation or climate change. Although the EU is already the world’s biggest importer of palm oil, European trade …
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Letter to EU Environment Commissioner Vella regarding Vistula Spit
Power to the people: upholding the right to clean, affordable energy for all
This briefing reveals a majority of EU countries have significant levels of energy poverty and are unable to keep all their citizens warm this winter – according to groundbreaking new research by Open Exp. The first-of-its-kind EU-wide ranking shows energy poverty is especially prevalent in southern and eastern EU Member States. Bulgaria far outstrips other …
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Manifesto for a Sustainable Europe for its Citizens
The ‘Manifesto for a Sustainable Europe for its Citizens’ sets out a future of Europe based on core ethical values and sustainable development: democracy and transparency, social and environmental justice, human rights, the rule of law, equality, and solidarity. It states that European policies, rules and standards should that do what they were intended for: …
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Civil society statement on EU-US trade deal
On 21st February, the European Council has decided on the adoption of two mandates to allow the EU Commission to start negotiating a trade deal with the United States. Over 100 global and European civil society groups demand EU Member States to reject this deal as it endangers the climate and is not in line …
