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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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Letter: Lack of transparency and civil society inclusion in Commission implementation dialogues
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.
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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 deforestation law to be delayed as new threat emerges from EU-Mercosur trade deal
The EU's deforestation law will be delayed after right-wing attempts to gut it failed, but the EU-Mercosur trade deal could still deal the deforestation law a fatal blow
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Toxic EU Mercosur trade deal agreed
Greenpeace calls on all policy-makers throughout Europe and Mercosur countries to listen to the widespread public opposition and vote against this toxic trade deal.
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Want to do something good for farmers? Stop the EU-Mercosur trade deal
Farmers are some of the most vocal opponents of the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, fearing the impact it would have on their livelihoods. They are right.
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“Cruel” trade loopholes let European companies export toxic products banned from EU market
More than 100 organisations call on the EU to close "hypocritical, cruel unfair and intolerable" trade loopholes.
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Open letter by civil society on the rollback of green measures in the EU
With only a month to go until European elections, over 140 civil society organisations are raising the alarm in a new open letter about a broad attack on many of the EU’s flagship green measures and commitments.
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Farmers are right to protest — but Green Deal is wrong target
Farmers across Europe are struggling and are hitting the streets to protest. But when politicians and big agriculture lobbies blame Europe's green legislation, they are not only misleading farmers, they are risking their survival.
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EU must withdraw licence for toxic glyphosate considering flawed EU approval system for pesticides
Brussels, 14 November 2023 – Greenpeace is calling on European governments to vote against the licence renewal for glyphosate, an ingredient in weed killers, considering the latest scientific evidence and the flawed EU pesticide approval system.