07/03/24
EU ministers back exit from the Energy Charter Treaty
Today EU economic affairs ministers reached an agreement in principle on the European Commission’s proposal to …
01/03/24
EU breaks deadlock on the ECT, announces exit
Today marks a significant turning point as the Belgian EU Presidency brokered a deal with the European Commiss …
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28/02/24
CSDDD: France, Germany and Italy are making a mockery of the EU’s democratic processes
Today’s failure of the EU Council to endorse the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – CSDDD – ma …
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05/02/24
Why we joined farmers protests for fairer EU farming policies
By Clara Bourgin, food, farming and nature campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe. This opinion piece firs …
01/02/24
The time is right to finally drop the EU-Mercosur deal
Thousands of farmers have been protesting across Europe in recent days, and many gather today in Brussels to d …
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22/01/24
A climate-denier Milei and a hypocritical EU-Mercosur pact
In the rush to finalise the controversial EU-Mercosur trade deal before the European elections in June this ye …
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