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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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Commission must implement EU anti-deforestation law by end 2026 to preserve credibility
MEPs voted to delay and weaken the EU deforestation regulation, a 2023 law that ensures products sold in the EU do not cause the destruction of forests or the violation of human rights.
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European shops imported beef newly linked to illegal cattle ranching on Indigenous Amazon lands
Beef from cattle illegally raised on protected Indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest may have ended up on the plates of European consumers after entering the supply chains of Brazilian beef giant JBS, a new study by Greenpeace Brasil has revealed.
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When the law speaks for itself
As a lawyer working for Greenpeace, I know how hard it can be to communicate legal work in a campaigning world.
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Hottest March in Europe ever: Greenpeace calls for climate polluters to pay
Greenpeace says climate polluters must pay, as Copernicus Climate Change Service declares March 2025 the warmest ever March for Europe and the second-warmest globally.
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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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“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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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.
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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.