Together with allies, Greenpeace wrote to European Commission President von der Leyen asking her to withdraw plans to remove nature protection measures from the EU’s common agricultural policy.

Together with allies, Greenpeace wrote to European Commission President von der Leyen asking her to withdraw plans to remove nature protection measures from the EU’s common agricultural policy.


This brief gathers the latest science on the health impacts of nitrates, alongside existing data on nitrate pollution and the livestock sector across Europe.

The European Commission has announced that it will force through the provisional application of the EU-Mercosur trade deal, pre-empting a vote to ratify the agreement in the European Parliament and a pending opinion by the European Court of Justice on the legality of the text.

Amid the EU's ongoing drive to reopen and weaken environmental rules, green NGOs have serious concerns about the way the European Commission conducts important stakeholder consultations.