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EU must not strip farm policy of nature protection
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
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Governments freeze EU nature restoration law
Brussels – EU government representatives today shelved the EU’s new law to restore nature in Europe, ahead of a meeting that was supposed to be a rubber-stamp approval of a…
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Letter: EU cannot ignore nature-based water resilience
European Commission must urgently put nature-based EU water resilience initiative back on the agenda, says broad coalition of 28organisations in an open letter.
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Activists confront politicians and lobbyists responsible for farmers’ hardships
Big food companies make monster profits at the expense of most farmers, consumers and nature
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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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More misery for farmers as EU Parliament endorses draft law to deregulate GMOs
Brussels - The European Parliament (EP) has endorsed a controversial European Commission plan that exempts many new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from current safety rules, ignoring critical science, and farmer and consumer rights.
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EU climate target missing end to fossil fuels
European Commission scraps plans to cut farming emissions and stop subsidising fossil fuels
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Statement in solidarity with farmers
The social, environmental, and economic sustainability of European food systemsdepends on the dignity, viability, and wellbeing of the farming community.Farmers are not only stewards of the land but also providers…
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MEP backing for GMO deregulation threatens rights of farmers
The European Commission proposal on new GMOs, and amendments supported today by the European Parliament’s environment committee, risk violating the rights of farmers and consumers, according to new legal analysis by Greenpeace.
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Draft EU law on new GMOs threatens legal rights of farmers, faces ECJ rejection
New legal analysis by Greenpeace has found the draft law by the European Commission on new GMOs could violate the individual rights of farmers, in particular their fundamental rights to property and the freedom to run a business.