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The EU-Chile Trade Agreement: A challenge to European agriculture and global values

The EFA MEPs Lydie Massard, Diana Riba and Ana Miranda, spoke during the debate on the EU-Chile agreement, to raise their concerns over the implications for European farmers.
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Stop the EU-Mercosur Trade Deal

Our Group has been opposing the EU-MERCOSUR dinosaur agreement as it goes against the European general interest but also the European Green Deal which has not even entered into force yet. It does not even respond to the challenges faced by the population of the four Latin American countries
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Mountain range Brazil / CC0 mateus-campos-felipe
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The EU-Mercosur deal would be a setback for people and planet - let’s put it in the past

Saskia Bricmont Anna Cavazzini
Opinion by Saskia Bricmont & Anna Cavazzini
In 2024, it's time to move on from the unfair and unsustainable trade deal that the EU has been pursuing with Mercosur countries.
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Plenary Flash 20-23 November 2023

On the agenda this week: Israel-Gaza conflict, COP28 resolution, pesticides, New Zealand Trade Agreement, Hungary, CO2 standards for trucks, trailers, coaches and buses, ...
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Violent and vibrant - Mexico's avocado boom and organized crime
Study |

Violent and vibrant - Mexico's avocado boom and organized crime

This policy report presents how international demand, flourishing capitalism and organized crime groups have shaped the functioning of a multi-billion-dollar industry in which politico-criminal relations play a crucial role. It also shows the extent to which the search for a solution to deforestation cannot be satisfied solely through env…
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Plenary Flash 16-19 October 2023

On the agenda this week: debate on the Hamas attacks against Israel, Ukraine facility, forced labour regulation, Commission work programme 2024, EU legislative framework on intrusive spyware, budget 2024, ...
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New Zealand landscape
Study |

Reconciling agricultural and sustainability objectives in the EU-New Zealand FTA

This report concludes that the impact of the EU-New Zealand FTA on EU production of sensitive agri-food products such as beef, sheep meat, and dairy products will be limited. This estimated production decrease coincides with the expected evolution of EU production for red meat, brought on by factors other than the FTA such as dietary cha…
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Mining
Press release |

MEPs approve the negotiation position on the Critical Raw Materials Act

Today, Members of the European Parliament approved the Parliament's negotiations mandate for the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA). The Greens/EFA Group pushed for a 45 percent recycling target and for mitigating the demand for critical raw materials.
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Women working in textile factory
Women working in textile factory
Study |

The effectiveness of human rights clauses in EU trade agreements

Despite the increased visibility of human rights considerations in EU trade agreements by virtue of ‘essential elements clauses’ and concomitant suspension clauses, the enforceability of such provisions has remained modest. This report contributes to the debate about the role and effectiveness of such clauses in EU trade agreements.
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Deforestation / CIFOR / Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Deforestation / CIFOR / Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Study |

The EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement, its impacts on Agriculture

This study, carried out by the Institut de l’Elevage, focuses on agricultural and food goods, and the likely impacts of the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement’s implementation on social aspects, human health, animal welfare and the environment.