Welcome to the Greenpeace European Unit
The Greenpeace European Unit is based in Brussels, where we monitor and analyse the work of the institutions of the European Union (EU), expose deficient EU policies and laws, and challenge decision-makers to implement progressive solutions.
Latest press releases
14 July 2010
Oil-smudged Greenpeace activists awaited the arrival in Brussels of 18 CEOs from some of the world’s biggest oil
companies for a meeting today with EU energy commissioner Günther Oettinger and environment commissioner Janez Potočnik to discuss the future of offshore drilling in Europe. The activists held up banners reading “STOP DEEP-SEA DRILLING” and called on oil companies to withdraw from deep-sea regions where oil spills cannot be controlled.
13 July 2010
The European Commission will announce today proposals to speed up the union’s genetically modified (GM) crop authorisation procedure. Member states are being promised the right to ban GM cultivation if they reduce their opposition during the EU-level authorisation process.
08 July 2010
Green energy can help Europe regain a competitive advantage in the international technology race, while cutting ballooning fuel costs, creating jobs and slashing carbon emissions. These are the findings of a new study commissioned by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and launched today in Brussels.
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