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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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Don’t allow the EU to become President Trump’s El Dorado
A letter to EU presidents and prime ministers warns that that plans due to be discussed at an EU summit on 12 February are a threat to democracy and Europe's long-term security and resilience.
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EU sell-out summit is capitulation to Trump and corporate agendas
Greenpeace accused EU governments of undermining democracy, bowing to the Trump agenda of deregulation and taking instructions from corporate lobbies, as an informal EU summit got underway on Thursday at Alden Biesen castle in Belgium.
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Don’t allow the EU to become President Trump’s El Dorado
A letter to EU presidents and prime ministers warns that that plans due to be discussed at an EU summit on 12 February are a threat to democracy and Europe's long-term security and resilience.
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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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Welfare for the rich: up to 40% of CAP money goes to 1% of recipients
A tiny fraction of rich landowners and industrial farmers siphon off the lion’s share of the EU’s subsidies under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), with a wealthy 1% of recipients taking as much as 40% of the money paid out in some countries, according to CAP payments data gathered by Greenpeace.
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Who CAPtures the cash?
Data analysis by Greenpeace EU of the unequal farming subsidy system under the EU's Common Agricultural Policy.
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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