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Leaked EU-Canada joint declaration has legal weight of a holiday brochure
Brussels – Greenpeace has slammed a joint EU-Canadian declaration meant to reassure critics of a controversial trade deal between the two blocs. Greenpeace described the document as a PR exercise…
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Greenpeace comment on the European Parliament vote on the authorisation of three GM maize varieties
Brussels – Commenting on the vote cast by the European Parliament today about the Commission’s proposal to authorise three GM maize varieties for cultivation in Europe, Greenpeace EU food policy…
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Investor protection in CETA
Gold standard or missed opportunity? Back in 2015, the European Parliament (EP) mandated the Commission to ensure a number of reforms in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between…
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Commission to seek approval for three GM maizes
The European Commission and a handful of EU governments want Europe to grow more genetically modified (GM) crops. In the coming months, they want to authorise the cultivation of two…
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Report: The potential of energy citizens in the EU
With an increasing share of renewable energy sources (RES) in the European Union (EU), the role of energy consumers as active participants in the energy system is bound to expand,…
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Media briefing: Potential for citizen-produced electricity in the EU
Half of all European Union citizens could be producing their own electricity by 2050, and meeting 45% of the EU’s electricity demand. Our energy market is switching from fossil fuels…
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People can power the Energy Revolution
Brussels – Over half of citizens in the European Union could be generating their own renewable electricity by 2050, according to new research released today. The research outlines the potential…
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Bratislava climber protest ends week of mobilisation against EU trade deals
Greenpeace warns trade ministers not to feed EU resentment with misguided decisions on trade Bratislava/Brussels – A daring protest high above the Slovak capital on Friday morning concluded an intense…
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Leaked TiSA texts reveal threats to climate
Greenpeace Netherlands publishes analysis of energy chapter during Geneva negotiations Amsterdam/Geneva – Greenpeace Netherlands has released unpublished texts from the TiSA (Trade in Services Agreement) negotiations and conducted an in-depth…
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EU governments must reconnect with founding values of peace and solidarity
Greenpeace demonstrates for a fairer and greener Europe at EU summit Bratislava – This morning in Bratislava 29 Greenpeace activists from Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia demonstrated…