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EU livestock strategy ignores dangers from nitrates and methane
The European Commission's new livestock strategy avoids the hard questions and fails to confront the destructive intensification in the EU livestock sector.
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Forest-protection law gets EU Commission green light, but leather loophole is unacceptable – Greenpeace
After long delay, governments and companies must prepare for full application of the EU anti-deforestation law by the end of 2026
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Commission tramples democracy to force through EU-Mercosur trade deal
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.
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EU Parliament sends controversial EU-Mercosur deal to the European Court of Justice
Brussels – The European Parliament has voted to refer the EU-Mercosur trade agreement to the European Court of Justice, requesting the Court’s opinion on whether the deal is compatible with…
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Showdown incoming as MEPs signal discontent over EU-Mercosur deal but von der Leyen to sign anyway
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is expected to travel to Paraguay next week to sign a deeply unpopular trade deal with the Mercosur bloc of four South American countries.
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EU delays plans to sign unpopular trade deal with Mercosur
Ursula von der Leyen will not travel to Brazil to sign the EU-Mercosur trade agreement this weekend, according to reports
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Commission must implement EU anti-deforestation law by end 2026 to preserve credibility
MEPs voted to delay and weaken the EU deforestation regulation, a 2023 law that ensures products sold in the EU do not cause the destruction of forests or the violation of human rights.
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Right-wing MEPs have made a mess of the EU deforestation law
Creating uncertainty and calling it “simplification”
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Joint Statement – It’s time to enforce the EU Deforestation Law
Together with 94 other civil society organisations, Greenpeace urges EU leaders to honour their commitments and implement the EUDR in full, without weakening its core provisions.
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EU Commission backs weakening of EU deforestation law
The European Commission has announced a plan to amend the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) to weaken reporting requirements for EU traders (a category that includes manufacturers and retailers, regardless of their size) and small and micro companies that produce commodities and products in the scope of the law.