20/02/18
Commission confirms Barroso lobbies for Goldman Sachs, must re-assess case
European Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen confirmed he had a lobby meeting with ex-Commission Presiden …
06/02/18
NGOs call for tougher sustainable finance action
Friends of the Earth Europe, ActionAid and Global Witness have welcomed the EU’s latest action on sustainable …
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31/01/18
EU trade must be more democratic, say 162 organisations
162 organisations from across Europe have today called for European trade policy to be made more democratic. T …
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08/01/18
Nigerian community’s oil pollution lawsuit against ENI begins
***Update 18 April: The Milan court hearing scheduled today on the Nigerian Ikebiri community’s case against o …
30/10/17
EU fails to derail UN Treaty negotiations
Anne van Schaik, Friends of the Earth Europe’s corporate accountability campaigner, attended the recent week o …
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18/10/17
Elements for Binding Treaty on Human Rights published – now EU has to act
Monday 23 October will mark the start of the negotiations at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on a bindin …
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