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Briefing: EU-Mercosur and the EU Deforestation law
The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest tropical forest. It is critical for a livable Earth: this forest absorbs massive amounts of carbon and regulates weather patterns. It’s home to…
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EU-Mercosur deal would boost world’s biggest meat company’s profits by over €1 billion
According to Profundo’s research, JBS, the largest meat producer on earth, could gain €1.7 billion in extra profits before tax and €1.2 billion after tax by 2040 if the EU-Mercosur deal is adopted.
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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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Toxic EU Mercosur trade deal agreed
Greenpeace calls on all policy-makers throughout Europe and Mercosur countries to listen to the widespread public opposition and vote against this toxic trade deal.
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EU and Mercosur negotiators reportedly reach deal on disastrous trade agreement: Greenpeace comment
EU governments and relevant parliaments must have a chance to scrutinise and vote on the disastrous EU-Mercosur free trade deal
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Want to do something good for farmers? Stop the EU-Mercosur trade deal
Farmers are some of the most vocal opponents of the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, fearing the impact it would have on their livelihoods. They are right.
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Which way will wind blow as new EU Commission enters troubled waters?
The new European Commission endorsed by the European Parliament on Wednesday will face an early test of its political direction as it prepares to navigate choppy seas.
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Deforestation law: EU governments reject chaotic amendments sought by MEPs
EU governments have rejected a set of amendments that the European Parliament voted for last week and which would dramatically weaken the EU deforestation law.
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Deforestation law: the dismantling of the EU Green Deal has begun, but it can be stopped
Greenpeace is calling on the European Commission to withdraw its proposal to delay the EU deforestation regulation, to prevent further damage after MEPs voted to critically weaken the law.
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EPP fiddles while forests burn
The European People's Party is seeking last-minute changes that would make a mess of the EU's deforestation law, one of the big wins from the EU Green Deal