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ARC letter to EU institutions
Demands for trilogue […]
Press releases, news, interviews and reports from across the network
Demands for trilogue […]
“Our resistance against land grabbing begins today…” […]
Save the date! Book a date! […]
Relive the action! […]
Press releases and comments start to flood in following first assesment of vote […]
ARC2020 Press Release for immediate release […]
Crop rotation debate hots up as pressure mounts from both civil society and politicians […]
EU agriculture budget must favour healthy foodstuff, not chronic disease in the form of tobacco subsidies Brussels, 4 March – In the run up to next week’s European Parliament (EP) vote on the 2014-2020 EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), national delegations from the three largest political groups in the EP (1) are set to decide their negotiating mandate for the agriculture funds: a budge heading that will consume 38 percent of the next seven-year EU budget. The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) calls on Europe’s political ‘families’ not to support the return of coupling subsidies to tobacco production. “Pumping taxpayer’s money to a harmful industry once more is a step backwards for Europe, and does nothing to support efforts to move farmers from producing one of Europe’s greatest killers, to a more sustainable crop, ” said Monika Kosińska, Secretary General of EPHA. Following the entry of the Lisbon Treaty in 2007, the CAP is, for the first time, decided on equal footing between the EP and the European Council. It is high time for Members […]
Join a day of action in front of the EU Parliament as MEPs meet for final CAP debate and plenary vote […]
Open letter for MEPS: Civil Society alarmed by the prospect of regressive CAP reform […]
‘International responsibilty must be considered’ […]
Friends of the Earth Europe launches action on crop rotation ahead of Plenary vote […]
Citizens across Europe meet with their MEPs to ask how they will vote on CAP reform in March […]
Ilse Aigner is asked to act to save bees […]
German PR from BÖLW regarding A. Merkel’s position on agriculture budget […]
Agricultural and Rural Convention