{"id":47907,"date":"2026-02-12T17:32:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/?p=47907"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:32:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:32:59","slug":"dont-allow-the-eu-to-become-president-trumps-el-dorado-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/issues\/democracy-europe\/47907\/dont-allow-the-eu-to-become-president-trumps-el-dorado-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t allow the EU to become President Trump&#8217;s El Dorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/02\/938f294b-gp0su83xp_low-res-with-credit-line-800px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/02\/938f294b-gp0su83xp_low-res-with-credit-line-800px.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/02\/938f294b-gp0su83xp_low-res-with-credit-line-800px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/02\/938f294b-gp0su83xp_low-res-with-credit-line-800px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/02\/938f294b-gp0su83xp_low-res-with-credit-line-800px-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Eric De Mildt \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>A letter to EU presidents and prime ministers warns that plans backed by the German, Italian and Belgian governments due to be discussed at an informal EU summit on 12 February would dismantle many of the existing checks and balances in the EU democratic process, allowing corporations to get rich at the expense of Europe\u2019s long-term security and resilience.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/02\/20260209-Greenpeace-Letter-Presidents-von-der-Leyen-and-Costa-re-12-Feb-Informal-Council-Meeting-and-Deregulation.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/02\/20260209-Greenpeace-Letter-Presidents-von-der-Leyen-and-Costa-re-12-Feb-Informal-Council-Meeting-and-Deregulation.pdf\">Read the letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong>: <strong>Greenpeace EU press desk<\/strong>: +32 (0)2 274 1911, <a href=\"mailto:pressdesk.eu@greenpeace.org\">pressdesk.eu@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>For breaking news and comment on EU affairs: <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/greenpeace.eu\">Bluesky<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. We do not accept donations from governments, the EU, businesses or political parties. Greenpeace has over three million supporters, and 26 independent national and regional organisations with offices in more than 55 countries.<\/p>\n\n<p>EU Transparency Register: 9832909575-41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A letter to EU presidents and prime ministers warns that that plans due to be discussed at an EU summit on 12 February are a threat to democracy and Europe&#8217;s long-term security and resilience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":47897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23,22,25,26,28,31,36,37,38,41,50],"p4-page-type":[19],"class_list":["post-47907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-democracy-europe","tag-democracy","tag-climatechange","tag-euaffairs","tag-farming","tag-forests","tag-health","tag-pesticides","tag-renewables","tag-trade","tag-waterpollution","tag-peace","p4-page-type-letter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47908,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47907\/revisions\/47908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47907"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=47907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}