All articles by Greenpeace European Unit
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EU governments back plan to accelerate age of extinction
EU leaders have announced political priorities for the next five years which are weak on environmental protection.
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Nuclear power’s financial problems exposed in new report
Nuclear power is a risky gamble with taxpayers’ cash, according to a comprehensive review of financing models commissioned by Greenpeace Germany
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Activists recreate da Vinci’s “Last Supper” as EU leaders meet over dinner
Greenpeace activists recreate the "Last Supper", calling on EU leaders to protect the rights and interests of youth and future generations when they meet for an informal dinner on 17 June.
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Greenpeace comment on the European Parliament elections
Voters have cast their ballots to elect the 720 members of the European Parliament who will serve until 2029.
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Austerity is back to wreck the green transition as MEPs endorse new debt rules
The European Parliament has voted in favour of new debt reduction rules
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EU-Mercosur trade deal breaches EU climate laws – legal analysis
A trade deal between the EU and Mercosur countries would lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions and is incompatible with EU and international climate laws.
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Activists confront politicians and lobbyists responsible for farmers’ hardships
Big food companies make monster profits at the expense of most farmers, consumers and nature
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More misery for farmers as EU Parliament endorses draft law to deregulate GMOs
Brussels - The European Parliament (EP) has endorsed a controversial European Commission plan that exempts many new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from current safety rules, ignoring critical science, and farmer and consumer rights.
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MEP backing for GMO deregulation threatens rights of farmers
The European Commission proposal on new GMOs, and amendments supported today by the European Parliament’s environment committee, risk violating the rights of farmers and consumers, according to new legal analysis by Greenpeace.
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Draft EU law on new GMOs threatens legal rights of farmers, faces ECJ rejection
New legal analysis by Greenpeace has found the draft law by the European Commission on new GMOs could violate the individual rights of farmers, in particular their fundamental rights to property and the freedom to run a business.