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stopcetamercosur.bsky.social @stopcetamercosur.bsky.social · 12d

[ALERTE - Nouvel accord de libre-échange]

Après le Mercosur, l'UE vient d'annoncer avoir conclu les négociations de libre-échange avec l'Indonésie avec à la clef plus de déforestation, plus d'huile de palme, plus d'importations agricoles.
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Libération @liberation.fr · 13d

Acidification des océans : l’humanité vient de franchir une nouvelle «limite planétaire» ➡️ bit.ly/4nNVSkS

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Lis Cunha @liscunha.bsky.social · 13d

Until the EU Deforestation law is implemented, the EU has no means to stop meat linked to the violation of Indigenous rights from being sold in the EU.😫 And the EU-Mercosur trade deal will boost precisely this kind of risky trade! ☠️

MEPs must:
👉 push against #EUDR delay
👉 reject EU-Mercosur deal

Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 13d

🍽️ New exposé by Greenpeace Brazil reveals: beef raised in violation of Indigenous rights in the Amazon may have reached plates in Europe‼️

#StopEUMercosur #StopBigAg #RespectTheAmazon

www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...

European shops imported beef newly linked to illegal cattle ranching on Indigenous Amazon lands - Greenpeace European Unit

Beef from cattle illegally raised on protected Indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest may have ended up on the plates of European consumers after entering the supply chains of Brazilian beef giant J...

www.greenpeace.org

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European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) @eccjorg.bsky.social · 16d

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

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 19d

📺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...
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#BackToTheFuture

Paul de Clerck of Friends of the Earth Europe speaking on Arte Journal

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C Ce Soir @ccesoir.bsky.social · Sep 8

« 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

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 28d

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 🇵🇸

Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU free trade with Israel

Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’

www.theguardian.com

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · Sep 5

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.

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Sep 4

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...

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Julie Zalcman @juliezalcman.bsky.social · Sep 3

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.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Sep 3

After over 25 years of discussions, the European Commission will finally adopt the final terms of the pact between the EU and the Mercosur group and send it off to the capitals for approval.

But the deal is still highly divisive.

Brussels Playbook digs deeper 👇

Mercosur day

Presented by Ørsted By TIM ROSS with ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Contact us on X @NicholasVinocur @swheaton @TimRoss_1 | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser FIZZLING OUT…

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · Aug 27

📢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."
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Pesticide interdit produit en France : "C'est du racisme environnemental", s'insurge le rapporteur spécial des Nations unies sur les droits de l'homme

Olivier De Schutter dénonce une Europe qui fabrique et exporte des produits qu'elle juge "trop dangereux pour nous, mais apparemment pas trop dangereux pour les populations dans les pays en développem...

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · Aug 26

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.

Podcast | How Europe’s largest party made an enemy out of NGOs

Europe’s most powerful political party has picked an unexpected enemy: NGOs. After it claimed Brussels was secretly bankrolling green lobbyists, Follow the Money journalists Lise Witteman and Hans Wet...

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Aug 22

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...

EU-US trade plans revive a monster from the dead - Friends of the Earth Europe

The ‘framework agreement’ on trade between the EU and the US that was published August 21 is a worrying reminiscence of the infamous TTIP -the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership- of a deca...

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Aug 13

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...

Statement on the EU-US trade 'deal' - Friends of the Earth Europe

The EU-US deal is an asymmetric deal that allows massive concessions to big corporations in the US, and only serves to benefit Trump’s oligarch friends.

friendsoftheearth.eu

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Aug 6

🌡️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...

Turning down the heat: how can Europe tackle summer energy poverty

Europe has broken one heat record after the other in the past couple of weeks. Unprecedented heatwaves have been registered from Spain to Finland to the UK.

www.linkedin.com

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · Aug 1

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.

EU's Horizon-suspension sanction for Israel 'a bad joke', says Borrell

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.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · Jul 31

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.

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Julie Zalcman @juliezalcman.bsky.social · Jul 30

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 🇪🇺

LobbyControl @lobbycontrol.bsky.social · Jul 29

Dreist: Laut US-Regierung führt der Deal im Zollstreit mit der EU dazu, dass durch Eingriffe in unsere Gesetze Lebensmittelstandards & Digitalrechte unter die Räder kommen könnten. Im Interesse von US-Konzernen. Kein guter Deal, das EU-Parlament muss ihn stoppen! www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

Fact Sheet: The United States and European Union Reach Massive Trade Deal

MAKING GLOBAL HISTORY: Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump announced a trade deal with the European Union (EU), fundamentally rebalancing the economic

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · Jul 29

🚨 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.

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Julie Zalcman @juliezalcman.bsky.social · Jul 25

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.

Manon Aubry @manonaubryfr.bsky.social · Jul 25

🇧🇷 Si les champs ne plantent pas, la ville ne mange pas.

À Ribeirão Preto, au cœur de l’agrobusiness brésilien, des paysans sans terre résistent, produisent sans pesticides et défendent une agriculture paysanne menacée par l’accord UE-Mercosur.

La bataille continue, du Brésil à l’Europe. ✊

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Manon Aubry @manonaubryfr.bsky.social · Jul 23

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 !

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Julie Zalcman @juliezalcman.bsky.social · Jul 15

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.

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Jul 14

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/...

Letter to EU Vice-President Kallas: Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement! - Friends of the Earth Europe

To: High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas CC: Dear Ms. Kaja Kallas, We, the undersigned members of the European Trade Ju...

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Julie Zalcman @juliezalcman.bsky.social · Jul 14

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.

Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · Jul 13

President Prabowo Subianto and I have reached a political agreement to advance the 🇪🇺🇮🇩 free trade agreement.

In a volatile world, this is the strength of partnerships.

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Jul 9

📣 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!

Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Jul 9

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...

Delegation for relations with Palestine Ordinary meeting - Multimedia Centre

The multimedia platform of the European Parliament is the official public available repository of the media production of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, managed by the Directorate-General...

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