icon

ADVANCED SEARCH

Press Releases, Opinions, Publications, Events and Videos

Filter
  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Climate
  • Culture
  • Transparency and Democracy
  • Economy
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • European Union
  • International
  • Mobility
  • Rights and freedoms
  • Trade
  • Society
    • array(8) { ["url"]=> string(49) "files/assets/imgs/list/1280px-cultivo_de_soja.jpg" ["title"]=> string(23) "Intensive soybean field" ["alt"]=> string(23) "Intensive soybean field" ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1523965791) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "f4bc2175e1de93bcfd5e625348f80bbb.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(26) "1280px-Cultivo_de_soja.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7381/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7381/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7381/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7381/portrait" } } Intensive soybean field
    News |

    Towards an ambitious and ecological re-localisation of protein crops in the EU

    It is no news that one of the main problem of the EU farming system is the huge insufficiency of locally grown protein crops. Only 3% of arable lands are dedicated to protein crops in the EU and we import 75% of our vegetable protein supply - soya for the most part, mainly from Brazil, Argentina and the United States. The consequences of …
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(37) "files/assets/imgs/list/foodmarket.jpg" ["title"]=> string(10) "foodmarket" ["copyright"]=> string(13) "©paul-morris" ["updated_at"]=> int(1523621159) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "8b2a586974436022935e9428380602e1.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7374/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7374/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7374/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7374/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(10) "foodmarket" }
    ©paul-morris
    foodmarket
    Publication |

    Organic regulation briefing

    On Thursday 19 April, the European Parliament will vote on the outcome of the trilogue negotiations on a new organic regulation. We've produced a briefing summarising the main achievements of the new regulation.
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(42) "files/assets/imgs/list/next_cap_reform.jpg" ["title"]=> string(15) "next cap reform" ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1522947003) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "21ad563782c2725af12cdd811bfd5004.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7359/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7359/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7359/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7359/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(15) "next cap reform" } next cap reform
    Event |

    The next CAP reform

    Discussion during this conference will include the following issues: how we can limit land concentration and corporate control of land in the EU; examination of land concentration across EU, including Romania and eastern Germany; role of EU & national government in ensuring equitable access to land; how direct payments should be adapted t…
    array(8) { ["url"]=> string(47) "files/assets/imgs/list/pesticide-helicopter.jpg" ["title"]=> string(20) "Pesticide-Helicopter" ["alt"]=> string(20) "Pesticide-Helicopter" ["copyright"]=> string(3) "CC0" ["updated_at"]=> int(1522074711) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "764907f9a9a60453207c8fd0501817b5.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(24) "Pesticide-Helicopter.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7351/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7351/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7351/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7351/portrait" } }
    CC0
    Pesticide-Helicopter
    News |

    Meat, animal feed and the EU's unbearable hypocrisy on GMOs

    NGO Mighty Earth just published a powerful report on the dire consequences of the current EU meat, milk and eggs production system on those countries, especially in Latin America, which produce the feed for farm animals. deforestation, pollution, cancers, are the direct cause of EU’s letting genetically modified protein crops in for feedi…
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(41) "files/assets/imgs/list/food_diversity.jpg" ["title"]=> string(14) "Food diversity" ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1521630655) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "26268c71e946b42afd5b8cba83e5a80b.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7335/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7335/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7335/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7335/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(14) "Food diversity" } Food diversity
    Press release |

    Baysanto merger is bad news for farmers and the environment

    "Baysanto" spells bad news for farmers, our environment and food security, says Greens/EFA food safety spokesperson Bart Staes.
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(57) "files/assets/imgs/list/glyphosate___alexandra_buxbaum.jpg" ["title"]=> string(30) "glyphosate© Alexandra Buxbaum" ["copyright"]=> string(33) "© Alexandra Buxbaum / Greenpeace" ["updated_at"]=> int(1520936513) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "bd89cefdee443ba640101efd6738ed41.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7303/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7303/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7303/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7303/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(30) "glyphosate© Alexandra Buxbaum" }
    © Alexandra Buxbaum / Greenpeace
    glyphosate© Alexandra Buxbaum
    Press release |

    Comments from Bart Staes on the European Parliament’s new PEST Special Committee

    "We want to make sure there can no re-run of the glyphosate saga. The re-authorisation of glyphosate highlighted the serious problems with the current process," says the committee’s co-rapporteur and Greens/EFA MEP, Bart Staes.
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(37) "files/assets/imgs/list/bee_flower.jpg" ["title"]=> string(10) "bee flower" ["copyright"]=> string(26) "stefan steinbauer unsplash" ["updated_at"]=> int(1519732767) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ca914a879cf3d3cfe6e3e945f976062b.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7257/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7257/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7257/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7257/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(10) "bee flower" }
    stefan steinbauer unsplash
    bee flower
    News |

    Save the bees

    The European Commission is collecting ideas and views on the decline of bees in order to develop an EU initiative on pollinators. This is the chance to play your part! Answer the consultation to save the bees!
    array(8) { ["url"]=> string(51) "files/assets/imgs/list/seed_concentration_fb_en.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["alt"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1519047527) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "afe8dc2d0caec0c17817a78597dbcb45.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(28) "seed_concentration_FB_EN.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7226/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7226/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7226/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7226/portrait" } }
    News |

    Five reasons not to allow the Bayer - Monsanto merger

    In September 2016 Bayer and Monsanto announced their intention to merge. If authorised by the European Commission, this would create, in the Commission’s own words, “the world's largest integrated pesticides and seeds company”, and have devastating consequences. Join us in calling on Margrete Vestager, Commissioner for Competition, to sto…
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(37) "files/assets/imgs/list/glyphosate.jpg" ["title"]=> string(10) "Glyphosate" ["copyright"]=> string(28) "Chafer Machinery (CC BY 2.0)" ["updated_at"]=> int(1517917131) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "92a16fd06f98f92bb167eadcaa88d6f7.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7195/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7195/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7195/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7195/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(10) "Glyphosate" }
    Chafer Machinery (CC BY 2.0)
    Glyphosate
    Press release |

    Committee will provide answers to the serious questions raised by glyphosate scandal

    "Pesticides can have a serious impact on the quality of the food on our plates and the health of our environment. That’s why it is so important that the authorisation process is made fit for purpose," says Greens/EFA MEP Bart Staes.
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(59) "files/assets/imgs/list/food_and_consumers____don_bayley.jpg" ["title"]=> string(32) "Food and consumers © Don Bayley" ["copyright"]=> string(13) "© Don Bayley" ["updated_at"]=> int(1516635608) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ff041357c5d7fb50599f807aca2bed79.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7153/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7153/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7153/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7153/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(32) "Food and consumers © Don Bayley" }
    © Don Bayley
    Food and consumers © Don Bayley
    News |

    Bisphenol A, an old artificial oestrogen, still allowed in out dated and industrial food packaging

    Have you ever heard about endocrine disrupters (EDCs)? If so, then you’ve probably also heard of BPA, aka « bisphenol A », one of the world’s most famous EDCs. But if you never heard about those chemicals that irreversibly affect the hormonal system, there’s no way you’ve escaped « BPA- free » labels on food containers for our little one…
    Close menu