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EU’s farmers under pressure to go big or go bust
Europe’s farmers are under pressure to increase their output or go out of business, new Greenpeace EU research into farming data has revealed.
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Go big or go bust – report
An analysis of EU-wide farming data that reveals farmers are pushed to produce more to stay in business.
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“Von der Leyen might as well have wielded the chainsaw herself”, EU forest law delay
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced a one-year delay to the application of a crucial law to protect the world's forests from the impacts of European consumption.
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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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New EU Commission: can grand job titles respond to existential challenges facing Europe?
Although green policy has made it in the job titles of several commissioner nominees announced today, questions remain about the social and environmental benefits of a new competitiveness drive, in the wake of intensifying events like the recent devastating floods in central Europe.
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Support farmers in need and reward nature protection, says major EU farming review
A major cross-sector review of food and farming, backed by the European Commission, has called for a fundamental rethink of farming to support the most vulnerable farmers and reward those who protect nature.
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EU governments adopt diminished nature restoration law
European governments have narrowly adopted a diminished EU nature restoration law, after persistent attacks to torpedo the law and an uncertain outcome until Monday’s Environment Council meeting in Luxembourg.
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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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EU Parliament shreds nature protection in farming
Brussels, 24 April 2024 – The European Parliament today voted to bin rules protecting nature and soil quality on farms, in a move that jeopardises Europe’s ability to feed future…
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EU summit: competitiveness miracle cure erases social and environmental programme
Living standards and nature are under threat from the latest EU competitiveness drive, which government leaders are expected to announce at a summit in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday.