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    Publication |

    Concentration of market power in the EU seed market

    Is the EU seed market really as diversified as the European Commission wants lawmakers and the general public to believe? Or is this market in fact transforming rapidly from a seed sector with a large number of competing small firms and farmers into an oligopoly, increasingly dominated by a small number of transnational agro-chemical-se…
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    Seed
    Event |

    Seed diversity and food security threatened by an overly concentrated EU seed market

    The event will highlight the question of the already existing market concentration in the EU seed market and the dominance of a small group of multinational companies in the EU seed market. Therefore, the proposed regulation of the EC is based on false assumptions and benefits the seed lobby and giant seed companies.
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    Video |

    Vandana Shiva

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    News |

    Public Eye Awards 2014

    The Public Eye Awards call on people all over the world to choose the worst case of offences against the environment and human rights Once again this year, the Berne Declaration (BD) and Greenpeace presented the awards. Just behind the winner Gazprom, Syngenta, Bayer and BASF, companies producing am...
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    News |

    Brussels Agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include Europe's banking sector, F-gases' climate damage, emissions trading, pollution from shipping, airline emissions, data protection and Europol. Greens/EFA events will deal with human trafficking and smuggling, seed diversity, food security and the role of industry, greening regional policy, LGBT ri…
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    Press release |

    EU-US trade negotiations (TTIP)

    The European Commission today decided that it would be freezing negotiations on an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism in the context of the EU-US trade and investment partnership (TTIP), with a view to launching a public consultation. Commenting on the development, Green trade spokesperson ...
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    News |

    Brussels Agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include EU climate and energy policy to 2030, shale gas, fracking and EU rules, data protection and EU-US cooperation, EU enlargement and the Balkans, tobacco rules, meat origin and clear labels, waste shipments and EU rules; genetic resources and benefit sharing, money laundering, terrorism funding an…
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    News |

    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg plenary included, carbon capture and storage, CO2 emissions from vans, plastic waste in the environment, honey labels and GMOs, public procurement, public services and innovation, Spain's new abortion law, free movement for all EU citizens, data protection and EU-US relations, EU passports for sale…
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    Press release |

    GMO authorisations

    The European Parliament today voted in favour of a resolution initiated by the Greens calling on EU governments to reject a proposal by the European Commission to authorise the cultivation of a variety of GM maize in the EU for the first time in 15 years. The Greens welcomed the outcome, with health...
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    Press release |

    Honey and GMOs

    The European Parliament today voted on proposals to revise EU rules on honey. A majority of MEPs voted in favour of proposals meaning that the presence of GM pollen in honey would not need to be indicated on the label. The Greens criticised the vote, with food and environment spokesperson Bart Staes...