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Which way will wind blow as new EU Commission enters troubled waters?
Brussels – The new European Commission endorsed by the European Parliament on Wednesday will face an early test of its political direction as it prepares to navigate choppy seas, said Greenpeace....
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Want to do something good for farmers? Stop the EU-Mercosur trade deal
Marco Contiero is agriculture policy director and Lis Cunha is trade campaigner at Greenpeace EU. In the last weeks, farmers across Belgium, Poland and France took to the streets of Paris, Brussels...
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EU and Mercosur negotiators reportedly reach deal on disastrous trade...
Brussels, 29 November 2024 – In response to reports that the European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay) had concluded negotiations on a...
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Toxic EU Mercosur trade deal agreed
Brussels, 6 December 2024 – European Union and South American leaders have announced the conclusion of negotiations over a toxic free trade agreement during a summit in Montevideo, Uruguay, said...
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EU deforestation law to be delayed as new threat emerges from EU-Mercosur...
Brussels / Strasbourg, 17 December 2024 – The European Parliament is expected to confirm a one-year delay in the application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) in a vote today, following a...
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Greenpeace urges Polish EU presidency to lead rapid ratification of Global...
Brussels, 14 January 2025 – Greenpeace Belgium and Greenpeace Poland activists greeted guests at an event on Tuesday night inaugurating the Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union in...
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Report: the legal basis for an EU ban on new fossil fuel projects
Download the executive summary of the legal analysis here. Download the full legal analysis here. 2025-02-04-Greenpeaceexecutive-summary-of-legal-analysis-EU-ban-on-new-fossil-fuel-projects...
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Greenpeace calls for EU ban on new oil and gas projects
Brussels – An EU ban on new oil, gas and coal projects would be perfectly feasible, according to a new legal analysis published today by Greenpeace EU. With average global temperatures tipping over...
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Joint Statement: Protect the business of small and medium size breeders,...
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200+ environment and farmer groups: new GMOs, old problems
Brussels, 11 February 2025 – European countries must protect farmers, small- and medium-sized seed breeders, and the organic and GM-free sectors from threats to their business posed by the...
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EU Commission competing with Musk and Trump on deregulation
Brussels – The European Commission’s work programme for the next 5 years, published yesterday evening, plans to rip up protections for people’s rights and the planet to boost corporate profits, warned...
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EU Commission’s tunnel vision on food and farming
Brussels – New European Commission plans for the European agri-food sector, published today, do little to curtail the environmental, climate and socioeconomic threats facing most farmers, and ignore...
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EU Commission plans to appease Trump and polluting industry
Brussels – European Commission plans aimed at reducing energy prices, the ‘affordable energy action plan’, and boosting European industry, the ‘clean industrial deal’ released today are a gift to...
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Joint statement: EU omnibus deregulation slashes human rights and...
Brussels, 10 March 2025 – Greenpeace has joined over 360 organisations in calling on the European Parliament and EU national governments to block the “Omnibus” deregulation proposal. The omnibus...
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EU governments back loophole for new GMOs
Brussels – EU governments have supported a loophole for new genetically modified crops (GMOs) in the EU’s regulations to protect people and nature from potential risks, a move that Greenpeace said...
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Fossil fuel dependence leaves EU wide open to extortion
As tensions mounted on the border between Ukraine and Russia, in the weeks and months before Russia’s full-scale invasion, it was clear to anyone with an eye on energy markets that Russia had the EU...
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New GMOs: sorting spin from facts – media briefing
Brussels, 7 April 2025 – The European Parliament’s environment committee will vote on Tuesday to start the final phase of negotiations on a controversial draft EU law on a new breed of genetically...
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Hottest March in Europe ever: Greenpeace calls for climate polluters to pay
Brussels, 08 April 2025 – Reacting to an announcement by the Copernicus Climate Change Service that March 2025 was the warmest ever March for Europe and the second-warmest March globally, as well as...
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