28/05/24
EU Parliament & Pesticides: who supported farmers, people and nature?
The high use of pesticides is a major problem in our current food system, causing harm to and failing farmers, …
17/04/24
Digital farming and peasants’ struggle for autonomy
2024 started with a wave of massive protests from farmers across Europe, who grapple with low incomes, a lack …
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 …
22/11/23
EU Parliament tears apart the ambition to reduce pesticides in Europe
Today, a majority of the European Parliament rejected the Commission proposal to reduce the use of pesticides …
20/11/23
Campaigners light the way towards a pesticide-free EU
On Wednesday 22 November, MEPs will vote in plenary the EU Commission’s pesticide reduction regulation proposa …
24/10/23
Environment MEPs adopt binding pesticide reduction law proposal
Today, members of the Environment Committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament adopted the Sustainable Use of P …