Letters
Yes to the Green Deal. No to the suspension of the CAP's environmental requirements
Dear President of the European Commission Ms. Ursula von der Leyen,
we, the below-mentioned organisations, are writing to you to ask to ensure a proper implementation of the Green Deal objectives and to maintain the high level of ambition, as presented to citizens in the beginning of your mandate. We particularly ask you to reject any additional request 1 to derogate to environmental requirements provided by the Common Agriculture Policy Regulation (EU) 2021/ 2115, as was done in 2022 and 2023.
Reaction to EPP’s withdrawal from the democratic negotiation process of the Nature Restoration Law: a People’s Party?
Dear members of the European People’s Party,
We write to you to express our deepest concerns regarding your announcement to withdraw from the negotiations on the planned Nature Restoration Law (NRL). The core values of EPP show understanding of the need to safeguard nature and “to transmit the beauty of the world” to protect human well-being.
Publication of the EC proposal for the Soil Health Law to set the EU on an effective pathway towards healthy soils by 2050
Dear Executive Vice-President, dear Commissioner,
Call for a strong pesticide regulation and nature restoration law to protect people’s health, the environment and long-term food security
Dear members of the European Parliament's AGRI Committee,
Dear members of the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee,
Request for a meeting on New Genomic Techniques: Time to shift to evidence-based decision making for sustainable food systems and nature
Dear Executive Vice-President,
As Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal we, the undersigned 300+ organisations, call on you to intervene and prevent the far-reaching deregulation of new genomic techniques at the expense of nature and the climate, and of farmers’ and consumers’ rights. We note with great concern that arguments in favour of deregulating new genomic techniques (NGTs) are often put forward without relevant evidence by DG Sante, especially when it comes to sustainability claims.
Negative effects on biodiversity not taken into account (Part 2)
Dear Mr. Url,
On March 8, 2023 we wrote a letter to you asking to take into account indirect effects of pesticides. On May2, 2023 we received your reply that to our feeling fails to address our concerns and arguments.
Call for a swift ban of the active substance s-metolachlor
Dear Commissioner Kyriakides,
Request to suspend the approval’s discussions on the herbicide Asulam sodium until EFSA’s assessment protocol is aligned with regulation and science
Dear Commissioner Kyriakides,
We would like to ask you to employ your political leadership to ensure the Commission does not give in to current pressure to see approved a pesticide’s substance found harmful to human health (so-called “cut off substances”). As things stand, this approval would run against Regulation (EU) 1107/2009, Directive (EU) 2009/128, and the EU political commitments made in the context of the EU Green Deal.
Negative effects on biodiversity not taken into account (Part 1)
Dear Mr. Url,
With this letter we like to make you aware of new research[1] that demonstrates that pesticides are widely present in feed for dairy cows and that a number of these pesticides are transferred to manure.
Stop blocking the SUR and enter into constructive negotiations!
Dear Chairman of the AGRI Committee, Norbert Lins,
