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Commission rejects demands of #StopGlyphosate citizens’ initiative
Brussels – The European Commission has issued its formal response to the #StopGlyphosate European Citizens Initiative (ECI). It officially recognised the submission of more than one million signatures on 6…
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Commission seeks glyphosate approval by another name
Brussels – The European Commission is seeking political backing to allow unrestricted use of controversial weedkiller glyphosate by labelling the decision as temporary, warned Greenpeace. The Commission has scheduled a…
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Flawed Commission analysis backs new subsidies for obsolete power plants
Brussels – The European Commission today published preliminary findings of its inquiry into public funding schemes for power plants, known as “capacity mechanisms”. The seriously flawed analysis backs these subsidies,…
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Belgian agreement to trigger ECJ ruling on legality of CETA
Brussels – After ten days of frantic negotiations, Belgium is set to reach an internal political agreement on CETA, a controversial trade and investment protection deal between the EU and…
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Concerns over the impacts of fish aggregating devices
Brussels – On 26 January 2016, two Greenpeace representatives attended a meeting hosted by Ulrike Rodust, Member of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament, about the…
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Greenpeace activists block secret TTIP talks
Trade negotiators were due to discuss special court for corporations to sue governments Brussels – Greenpeace activists have blocked EU and US negotiators from holding secret talks in Brussels for…
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EU Parliament opposes import of three herbicide-resistant GM crops
Brussels – Today, the European Parliament voted to oppose the import of three genetically modified (GM) soybeans into the European Union. © Greenpeace / Barbara Tschann It said the Commission’s…
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Bratislava climber protest ends week of mobilisation against EU trade deals
Greenpeace warns trade ministers not to feed EU resentment with misguided decisions on trade Bratislava/Brussels – A daring protest high above the Slovak capital on Friday morning concluded an intense…
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EU report shows it’s time to rethink trade deals that drive industrial farming
Brussels, 15 November 2016 – The EU should rethink international trade deals that drive industrial farming, said Greenpeace, following an EU report on the negative impacts of several trade agreements…
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Greenpeace comment on Commission’s proposal to fund nuclear research
Brussels – Following ‘Der Spiegel’ article [1] about a leaked new EU proposal to fund nuclear energy research, Greenpeace EU energy policy adviser Bram Claeys said: “The suggestion that public…
