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No green light from Greens/EFA - CAP reform is set to again fail farmers, climate & environment

The majority of MEPs voted in favour of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2023-2027. Rather than using this next CAP period, and one third of the EU budget, to help solve the climate and environment emergency, or the loss of thousands of farmers per day, the final agreement repackages the status quo and falls short of the promises of the Green Deal.

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Animal transport in the EU should ensure highest possible welfare standards

Today, the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport (ANIT) voted on a report and its recommendations to the Commission and Member States. The recommendations, which will be voted on in plenary in January, will be the basis for new rules for transporting animals in the EU, including specific standards for animal w…
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Global Gateway Strategy - quote from Reinhard Bütikofer MEP

The European Commission has unveiled the new "Global Gateway Strategy" infrastructure programme, in response to China's Belt and Road initiative.
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How to end cruel animal transports

Tilly Metz Caroline Roose Thomas Waitz
Opinion by Tilly Metz & Caroline Roose & Thomas Waitz
Every day, thousands of animals are transported in horrific conditions across the European Union and beyond for breeding, fattening or slaughter. The Greens/EFA are fighting for an end to these cruel practices. Negotiations on the Committee’s report are now coming to an end.
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New EU deforestation law could fail to protect our precious ecosystems

Anna Cavazzini Rosa D’Amato Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg Heidi Hautala Tilly Metz Ville Niinistö Grace O'Sullivan Marie Toussaint
Opinion by Anna Cavazzini & Rosa D’Amato & Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg & Heidi Hautala & Tilly Metz & Ville Niinistö & Grace O'Sullivan & Marie Toussaint
The Commission just adopted a proposal to stop deforestation. But this new deforestation law is all bark and no bite. It continues to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide, and EU products continue to be complicit in environmental destruction.
VIDEOS
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Change the industrial farming system

Cruel animal transports are a result of bad political choices. They don't have to happen. Our current industrial farming system is bad for citizens, for the environment and for animals. It makes animals suffer. It destroys land and water. It Increases greenhouse gas emissions and bankrupts small farmers. No one else profits from it than t…
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This Black Friday, help us ban ads exploiting personal data!

On Black Friday, online platforms are pushing ads in front of your eyes more than ever. Companies track and monitor everything you watch, click and like online and manipulate you into giving your data. This data is combined and analysed to figure out who you are, what you're interested in or worried about… and then to advertise certain pr…

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