This review introduces the impact of our network in 2015 – in Brussels and beyond. You’ll find highlights from our campaigns at the European level, the activities of our youth network, and success stories from our member groups across Europe. In addition you’ll find special features on the international climate talks in Paris and our …
Briefing: How ‘better regulation’ sabotaged the Circular Economy Package
The revised Circular Economy Package, published in December 2015, became a victim of the so-called better regulation agenda of the European Commission. Under the pressure of business lobby groups, it was transformed from a proposal having, primarily, a sustainability approach, recognising resource scarcity and planetary limits, into a proposal geared around economic and short term …
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Top 10 key steps to get the Circular Economy Package back on track
The European Commission’s revised Circular Economy Package, published in December 2015, is weaker and less ambitious than the original version that was withdrawn in 2014, but there’s a chance to fix this. As the European Council and Parliament begin to put together their positions on the revised waste directives, this briefing by 11 organisations, including …
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TTIP leaks: more power over EU laws for lobbies & US government
This briefing, analysing the leaked chapter on ‘regulatory cooperation’ (02 May 2016) in the EU-US trade negotiations (TTIP) confirms fears that TTIP will lead to attacks on democracy and regulation in the public interest. It disproves claims by the European Commission that standards will not be lowered by the trade agreement. All approaches proposed by …
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Trading away EU farmers: the risks to Europe’s agriculture from the TTIP
This report shows how the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal being negotiated between the EU and the US could spell disaster for European farming. It reviews modelling studies carried out in the EU and US on the impacts of the TTIP, concluding that the deal will massively increase imports from the US, while …
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Stand in solidarity – support the mission of Honduran activists to Europe
This briefing outlines the reasons that a delegation of Indigenous Lenca activists from Honduras are visiting five European countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Germany and Spain) from April 19 – May 6, 2016 to meet with meet, policy makers and NGOs and financiers, join national protests, and talk to media and the general public about …
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