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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 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.
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EU must withdraw licence for toxic glyphosate considering flawed EU approval system for pesticides
Brussels, 14 November 2023 – Greenpeace is calling on European governments to vote against the licence renewal for glyphosate, an ingredient in weed killers, considering the latest scientific evidence and the flawed EU pesticide approval system.
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Commission tries to extend use of toxic glyphosate beyond 2023 – Greenpeace
Brussels, 12 October 2023 – EU government representatives will meet on 12-13 October to discuss and vote on a European Commission proposal for a ten-year licence for controversial weedkiller glyphosate.…
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EU must take its chance to ban harmful weed-killer, glyphosate
The EU should put health and environmental protection before the private interests of companies like Bayer, and ban glyphosate once and for all.
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EU food safety authority waves through glyphosate despite safety concerns
Greenpeace is calling on the EU to reject market re-approval for glyphosate, a controversial pesticide ingredient.
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EU-Mercosur: Greenpeace sprays EU trade council with ‘pesticides’
Activists from Greenpeace Belgium scaled the EU Council headquarters in Brussels, and sprayed the building with an agricultural pesticide pump, while EU trade ministers discussed
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EU-Mercosur: Banned pesticides found on Brazilian limes in EU
Brussels – A Greenpeace Germany study of Brazilian limes sold in the EU has found residues of several pesticides, some of them banned for use in Europe. An accredited and…
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EU Court of Justice rejects Bayer attempt to overturn bee-killing pesticide ban
Brussels/Luxembourg – The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled today that the European Commission was right to ban the use of three bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides – imidacloprid,…