The EU Green Deal is not just policy, it’s a lifeline As climate catastrophes multiply, we cannot weaken rules for companies to reduce emissions. Accountability & ambition must guide Europe’s just transition. We are saying it loud: from Maastricht to Brussels from 21-23 Sept #BackToTheFuture march

📺Now on TV: How the EU's deregulation wave is reversing important progress on climate, the environment and Human Rights - @pauldeclerck.bsky.social on @artefr.bsky.social 🇫🇷 www.arte.tv/fr/videos/12... 🇩🇪 www.arte.tv/de/videos/12... 👉11:05 #BackToTheFuture

« On a été des millions dans la rue contre la réforme des retraites, à signer la pétition contre la loi Duplomb. On nous a pas écoutés. Quand on essaye de faire les choses bien, on ne nous écoute pas. » Julie SOUMAN du Mouvement des Mères Isolées #CCeSoir ➡️ bit.ly/ChuteDeBayrou 🎧en podcast

We welcome @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's proposal for a partial suspension of the trade part of the EU-Israel Agreement - even though it comes far too late. We call on EU member states to vote in favour. Stop fake promises, act now 🇵🇸

EU-Mercosur trade deal: We've warned the @ec.europa.eu that its current proposals would fail to effectively sanction companies for even the gravest violations of workers’ rights.

Undemocratic, the #EUMercosur is toxic! We joined +40 civil society groups and farmers unions in braving the rain to make sure EU policymakers heard us loud and clear 📣 Why the adoption of the deal is a democratic hijack 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...

The final EU-Mercosur deal does nothing to stop free-trade from harming neither small-scale farmers nor Indigenous Peoples threatened by the expansion of agribusiness. The splitting manoeuvre is an undemocratic hijacking of the long-standing opposition of several EU member states and parliaments.

📢Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur, calls the export of banned pesticides by EU countries "environmental racism". "I don't see why we should tolerate that products that are too dangerous for us are not too dangerous for populations in developing countries." www.franceinfo.fr/environnemen...

Europe’s most powerful political party has picked an unexpected enemy: NGOs. After it claimed Brussels was secretly bankrolling green lobbyists, journalists Lise Witteman and Hans Wetzels of Follow the Money found a very different story. Discover the full investigation in our latest podcast episode.

Our decryption of the new EU-US trade plans shows: Europe is about to give away environmental, health and safety protection. Hormone beef, chlorinated chicken and even more serious health risks lurk around the corner👇 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/eu-us-t...

A few things wrong with the EU-US trade deal.... The EU-US ‘deal’ on tariffs is a political capitulation. Von der Leyen folded to Trump’s bullying and agreed to an, asymmetric deal that only favours US big corporations & the ultra-wealthy. friendsoftheearth.eu/news/stateme...

🌡️Time to heat up the debate around summer #EnergyPoverty! As we experience yet another record-breaking summer from Spain to Finland, we llok at what's being done around the world to protect the most vulnerable communities from excessive heat ➕ high energy bills 👀⬇️ www.linkedin.com/pulse/turnin...

Suspending Israel's access to the bloc’s Horizon research programme is a “bad joke” in the face of the atrocities unfolding in Gaza, the EU's former chief diplomat Josep Borrell told EUobserver during an interview in Madrid.

What on earth does this have to do with tariffs? This is exhibit 682 of how Trump’s trade policies are about bullying foreign countries on behalf of special interests instead of putting the wellbeing of American workers and the American economy first.

C'est écrit noir sur blanc sur le site de la Maison-Blanche. Le deal conclu entre Trump et VDL va affaiblir les standards sanitaires européens sur les importations de produits agricoles. Les perdants : notre santé et les agriculteurs 🇪🇺

🚨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔-𝐔𝐒 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. At its core is a €700 billion pledge to import U.S. fossil fuels and nuclear energy over the next three years - fundamentally incompatible with the EU’s 2030 climate targets.

In 🇧🇷, the Landless Workers' Movement proves that another agriculture is possible, respectful of small farmers, the environment and consumers' health. The EU-Mercosur deal will only benefit the agro-business and lock both continents in a destructive model. Let's stop this toxic deal.

20 000 camions par jour au port de Santos au Brésil. Seulement 34 inspecteurs sanitaires. Et la Commission 🇪🇺 voudrait nous faire croire qu'avec l'accord UE - Mercosur, ce qui arrivera dans nos assiettes sera sain ? Ils veulent nous empoisonner !

Today in Brussels, hundreds of people gathered to ask for an immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. EU you can't hide. Act now.

Ahead of tomorrow’s Foreign Affairs Council, the @eurtradejustice.bsky.social sent a letter to EU Vice-President Kaja Kallas, calling for the immediate suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement. Anything less is complicity. Act now. friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/...

The EU-Indonesia trade agreement is a resource-grab deal that perpetuates an unsustainable extractivist model. It will boost the mining industry with terrible environmental and health impacts for Indonesian people.

📣 ATTENTION #journalists! We’re putting together a press list around the #EUIsrael Association Agreement: upcoming developments, context, reactions. 📩 If you're covering this or want to stay in the loop, DM or reply. Also happy to chat if you're keen!

The people of Palestine must be heard 🇵🇸 Today at 17h, Rasha from Pengon (Friends of the Earth Palestine) will speak in the European Parliament on the resource theft and humanitarian needs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Watch the broadcast: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

UK: banning Palestine Action France: tried to ban Soulèvements de la Terre Hungary: banned Budapest Pride EU: pulling funds from NGOs Take your pick of fossil fuel companies: suing Greenpeace The powerful don't like criticism, and will do whatever they can to silence protest It's #TimeToResist

Last month is likely to be one of Europe’s hottest Junes on record as extreme heat driven by climate change affects millions across the continent

❌ No trade with war criminals. With the European Trade Justice Coalition, we ask for the suspension of the #EUIsrael Association Agreement. Time for action is now 👇 friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/... #NoAssociationWithGenocide @eurtradejustice.bsky.social

EU-MERCOSUR deal: Ahead of the @europarl.europa.eu's Committee on International Trade discussion, we call out the lack of adequate protections for workers' rights. Trade must contribute to better working conditions & not only benefit corporate interests. www.etuc.org/en/document/...

For some politicians, trade agreements are only about economy and geopolitics. But for indigenous peoples and small farmers it's a question of life. This is why EU Member States and the European Parliament must reject #EU-Mercosur.

[ALERTE - UE-Mercosur : la France est-elle en train de lâcher ?] ➡️Fév 2025, au salon de l'agriculture : l'accord est un "mauvais texte" et il faut "tout faire pour qu'il ne suive pas son chemin" ➡️Juin 2025 : ok avec l'accord si des clauses sont ajoutées. #StopUEMercosur

In solidarity with @foeint.bsky.social, 🇵🇸 NGO Pengon and the countless victims of the genocide in Gaza, we urge Europe to: 🛑​ Suspend the EU-Israel agreement 🕊️ Ensure full humanitarian access to Gaza.

⌛️Time’s pressing to reject the ratification of the toxic #EUMercosur trade deal. 📩 Email your trade minister and members of the European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu to ask them to vote NO to the deal 👉 stopeumercosur.org/take-action/ #StopEUMercosur @caneurope.org @eurtradejustice.bsky.social

🔴✊Today in Brussels, together with 1000s of people and 100s of civil society organisations, we’re drawing the red line for Gaza! #freepalestine

Au niveau de l'UE, lobbies, droite et extrême droite s'allient pour attaquer des textes clés comme le Pacte vert ou la directive devoir de vigilance. Le gouvernement français est moteur de ces attaques avec l'obsession de “simplifier” les normes.

The review expected to be done by the next EU foreign ministers’ meeting on 23 June. Will they confirm the obvious – that Israel is in breach of article 2 – and draw the logical consequences? Or will they seek to shield EU-Israel ties from any rupture? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

New research: The #EUMercosur trade deal is a major threat to human rights, nature and the climate – and would net over a billion in profits for the world's biggest meat producer, JBS Politicians should not enable billionaires like JBS to expand their predatory business models

🇵🇸 Nous sommes 35 eurodéputé·es à exiger la suspension immédiate de l’accord UE/Israël et des sanctions contre les dirigeants israéliens responsables du génocide à Gaza. L’inaction de l’UE a assez duré. Il est temps d’agir ! 👇 #Gaza #UE #Israël #StopGenocide euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

🚨 New data revealed by The Good Lobby and The Guardian shows that most public affairs consultancies and law firms lobby on behalf of the fossil fuel industry, delaying action and perpetuating the climate crisis. 🔍 Discover the full results of the research here: bit.ly/4d3DXTr

📣 NGOs file complaint on undemocratic lawmaking You shouldn't even be able to choose products that harm people & planet - companies are accountable. The EU prepared a law for that but @ec.europa.eu wants to weaken it through a sketchy & rushed process Let's see if the Ombudsman says #NoToOmnibus!

⚖️ New legal analysis slams #EUMercosur trade deal. If ratified, it will increase EU’s climate impacts due to increase in trade of high-emission products. 🌳 Further, the deal risks weakening EU's deforestation regulation, while the EU Green Deal commitments are already under attack! #StopEUmercosur

Comment la Commission veut faire passer en force l'accord avec le #Mercosur en changeant le processus de ratification, pour contourner l'opposition de plusieurs pays.

Marine le Pen est une racaille.

📣 NGOs workers will hold a piquet line against the austerity measures of the Belgian 'Arizona'government. Join us to defend : ✅️ Public services ✅️ Workers’ rights ✅️ Social protections

Les ONG enquêtent, dénoncent, alimentent la réflexion et le débat : c’est ce qui sépare encore la démocratie européenne du Trumpisme. www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

🚨🚨 A general strike is approaching in Belgium: 31 March! Working for an NGO? Wondering if you can join the strike? 🗣️ The answer is, yes! Join us for an informative session on the right to strike in Belgium. 🗓️ 20 March, Thursday - 18.00. Register here👇🏾 forms.gle/XnBNtdynxDVV...

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The EU rush for 'critical' raw materials is part of a new extractivist wave, at the expense of Indonesian peoples and the environment. Trade deals should be based on cooperation, not resource grab.

🚨 BREAKING: Despite the many preventive arrests, 1400 activists are taking action against Cargill, the biggest agrifood company in the world. Cargill has a revenue of around 160 billion with 2,5 billion profit worldwide, of which 160 million in Belgium. 🤯 📷 1, @regardbrut @Johanna De Tessières 2,3

Good news! French Parliament voted a law to restrict the use of PFAs. We need now a European legislation to protect all EU citizens from forever chemicals.

The EU needs more equal, fair trade partnerships, based on solidarity and cooperation. Not deals that rest on exploitation, extractivism & resource grabs. 120+ groups from Europe & Indonesia alert on the 🇮🇩-🇪🇺 #CEPA's threats to climate, workers & human rights 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...

📝 EU trade policy is dominated by the European Commission and leaves very little room for the Parliament, with MEPs only able to vote at the final stage of ratification, once negotiations are actually closed. Learn more about EU-Mercosur's lost transparency👇 friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/...