Friends of the Earth Europe
@foeeurope.bsky.social
FoEE folk in Brussels, campaigning for resilient & just societies in harmony with the planet.
Follow for stories, actions & insights on social & environmental justice - from the 💚 of the EU to communities across Europe friendsoftheearth.eu
Follow for stories, actions & insights on social & environmental justice - from the 💚 of the EU to communities across Europe friendsoftheearth.eu
✊🐷 It's the first ever European week of action against animal factories!
Communities from 7 European countries are joining forces to defend local, small-scale farming respectful of animals, nature & our wellbeing
More about #StopFactoryFarmingEurope on our brand new website 👉 stopfactoryfarming.eu
Communities from 7 European countries are joining forces to defend local, small-scale farming respectful of animals, nature & our wellbeing
More about #StopFactoryFarmingEurope on our brand new website 👉 stopfactoryfarming.eu
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
✊🐷 It's the first ever European week of action against animal factories!
Communities from 7 European countries are joining forces to defend local, small-scale farming respectful of animals, nature & our wellbeing
More about #StopFactoryFarmingEurope on our brand new website 👉 stopfactoryfarming.eu
Communities from 7 European countries are joining forces to defend local, small-scale farming respectful of animals, nature & our wellbeing
More about #StopFactoryFarmingEurope on our brand new website 👉 stopfactoryfarming.eu
The #ToxicTradeTour hit Brussels this morning with pesticide barrels & green sludge showing what’s at stake when leaders won't answer for trade justice.
🇪🇺 Commission President von der Leyen & 🇧🇪 PM de Wever: will you choose farmers, nature & people above corporate profits? Will you #StopEUMercosur?
🇪🇺 Commission President von der Leyen & 🇧🇪 PM de Wever: will you choose farmers, nature & people above corporate profits? Will you #StopEUMercosur?
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The #ToxicTradeTour hit Brussels this morning with pesticide barrels & green sludge showing what’s at stake when leaders won't answer for trade justice.
🇪🇺 Commission President von der Leyen & 🇧🇪 PM de Wever: will you choose farmers, nature & people above corporate profits? Will you #StopEUMercosur?
🇪🇺 Commission President von der Leyen & 🇧🇪 PM de Wever: will you choose farmers, nature & people above corporate profits? Will you #StopEUMercosur?
#EUMercosur is nearing ratification & it’s going to bring toxins to our tables, deforestation to the Amazon & violence to indigenous peoples.
This is a slimy, dirty trade deal.
Join us in Brussels on Monday for the last stop of the #ToxicTradeTour & show EU leaders what this deal really is about.
This is a slimy, dirty trade deal.
Join us in Brussels on Monday for the last stop of the #ToxicTradeTour & show EU leaders what this deal really is about.
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
#EUMercosur is nearing ratification & it’s going to bring toxins to our tables, deforestation to the Amazon & violence to indigenous peoples.
This is a slimy, dirty trade deal.
Join us in Brussels on Monday for the last stop of the #ToxicTradeTour & show EU leaders what this deal really is about.
This is a slimy, dirty trade deal.
Join us in Brussels on Monday for the last stop of the #ToxicTradeTour & show EU leaders what this deal really is about.
Why aren’t MEPs even allowed to vote⁉️
145 MEPs tabled a motion to refer the #EUMercosur deal to the Court of Justice of the EU. Now, under pressure from group leaders & EP President Metsola, it may be blocked based on a rule with no legal basis.
Let MEPs vote. Let the Court decide. #StopEUMercosur
145 MEPs tabled a motion to refer the #EUMercosur deal to the Court of Justice of the EU. Now, under pressure from group leaders & EP President Metsola, it may be blocked based on a rule with no legal basis.
Let MEPs vote. Let the Court decide. #StopEUMercosur
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Why aren’t MEPs even allowed to vote⁉️
145 MEPs tabled a motion to refer the #EUMercosur deal to the Court of Justice of the EU. Now, under pressure from group leaders & EP President Metsola, it may be blocked based on a rule with no legal basis.
Let MEPs vote. Let the Court decide. #StopEUMercosur
145 MEPs tabled a motion to refer the #EUMercosur deal to the Court of Justice of the EU. Now, under pressure from group leaders & EP President Metsola, it may be blocked based on a rule with no legal basis.
Let MEPs vote. Let the Court decide. #StopEUMercosur
This morning, industry and EU functionaries received a grand welcome to the #RawMaterialsWeek. Grassroots orgs & people affected by mining demanded: No minerals for militarisation! Yes to Life, No to Mining!
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This morning, industry and EU functionaries received a grand welcome to the #RawMaterialsWeek. Grassroots orgs & people affected by mining demanded: No minerals for militarisation! Yes to Life, No to Mining!
Together we call for:
🌾 Fair farmer income support
🌱 Create the economic conditions for the agroecological transition
🚜 Make farming attractive
🌿 Invest in ecosystems and support farmers in the transition
❌ End harmful subsidies
💶 EU budget that delivers on public goals
🌾 Fair farmer income support
🌱 Create the economic conditions for the agroecological transition
🚜 Make farming attractive
🌿 Invest in ecosystems and support farmers in the transition
❌ End harmful subsidies
💶 EU budget that delivers on public goals
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Together we call for:
🌾 Fair farmer income support
🌱 Create the economic conditions for the agroecological transition
🚜 Make farming attractive
🌿 Invest in ecosystems and support farmers in the transition
❌ End harmful subsidies
💶 EU budget that delivers on public goals
🌾 Fair farmer income support
🌱 Create the economic conditions for the agroecological transition
🚜 Make farming attractive
🌿 Invest in ecosystems and support farmers in the transition
❌ End harmful subsidies
💶 EU budget that delivers on public goals
Today, 🇪🇺 #AGRIFISH ministers meet to debate the post-2027 EU farm subsidies policy.
So here are some tips to #MakeCAPWork for farmers, people, nature & climate. Courtesy of 30+ organisations representing farmers, civil society & national coalitions👉 foodpolicycoalition.eu/wp-content/u...
So here are some tips to #MakeCAPWork for farmers, people, nature & climate. Courtesy of 30+ organisations representing farmers, civil society & national coalitions👉 foodpolicycoalition.eu/wp-content/u...
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Today, 🇪🇺 #AGRIFISH ministers meet to debate the post-2027 EU farm subsidies policy.
So here are some tips to #MakeCAPWork for farmers, people, nature & climate. Courtesy of 30+ organisations representing farmers, civil society & national coalitions👉 foodpolicycoalition.eu/wp-content/u...
So here are some tips to #MakeCAPWork for farmers, people, nature & climate. Courtesy of 30+ organisations representing farmers, civil society & national coalitions👉 foodpolicycoalition.eu/wp-content/u...
🚨 Act now before Europe’s trade ministers meet on 24 November:
1️⃣ Email your decision-makers on stopeumercosur.org/take-action/
2️⃣ Join the #ToxicTradeTour stop in Brussels on 24 November, 10:00, Petite rue de la Loi
#StopEUMercosur
1️⃣ Email your decision-makers on stopeumercosur.org/take-action/
2️⃣ Join the #ToxicTradeTour stop in Brussels on 24 November, 10:00, Petite rue de la Loi
#StopEUMercosur
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🚨 Act now before Europe’s trade ministers meet on 24 November:
1️⃣ Email your decision-makers on stopeumercosur.org/take-action/
2️⃣ Join the #ToxicTradeTour stop in Brussels on 24 November, 10:00, Petite rue de la Loi
#StopEUMercosur
1️⃣ Email your decision-makers on stopeumercosur.org/take-action/
2️⃣ Join the #ToxicTradeTour stop in Brussels on 24 November, 10:00, Petite rue de la Loi
#StopEUMercosur
"But it’s not a natural phenomenon like a storm you cannot avoid. It’s simply a political decision.” - Keimpe, former 🇳🇱 crop farmer
Small-scale farmers want fair prices, real food sovereignty & a future of farming that stays in people’s hands, not corporations’.
Small-scale farmers want fair prices, real food sovereignty & a future of farming that stays in people’s hands, not corporations’.
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"But it’s not a natural phenomenon like a storm you cannot avoid. It’s simply a political decision.” - Keimpe, former 🇳🇱 crop farmer
Small-scale farmers want fair prices, real food sovereignty & a future of farming that stays in people’s hands, not corporations’.
Small-scale farmers want fair prices, real food sovereignty & a future of farming that stays in people’s hands, not corporations’.
“One day, there will be no one left to produce food in Europe if we keep going this way.” – Françoise, animal farmer in Wallonia 🇧🇪
The #EUMercosur trade deal will only benefit big agribusiness and fuel unfair competition for small-scale, family farmers - in Europe and Latin America.
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The #EUMercosur trade deal will only benefit big agribusiness and fuel unfair competition for small-scale, family farmers - in Europe and Latin America.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
“One day, there will be no one left to produce food in Europe if we keep going this way.” – Françoise, animal farmer in Wallonia 🇧🇪
The #EUMercosur trade deal will only benefit big agribusiness and fuel unfair competition for small-scale, family farmers - in Europe and Latin America.
⬇️⬇️
The #EUMercosur trade deal will only benefit big agribusiness and fuel unfair competition for small-scale, family farmers - in Europe and Latin America.
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Secondly, it was achieved by the EPP after breaking down the firewall with the far right to:
- shut down compromise with the centre left
- get their way
This alliance is putting the writing on the wall for other omnibuses ➡️ bulldozing protections for citizens & the environment
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#Omnibus #CSDDD
- shut down compromise with the centre left
- get their way
This alliance is putting the writing on the wall for other omnibuses ➡️ bulldozing protections for citizens & the environment
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#Omnibus #CSDDD
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
😬 It’s a dark day for the environment, human rights and European democracy as a whole.
A crucial opportunity at justice has been lost.
Decisionmakers have adopted a proposal to destroy the EU’s corporate sustainability law.
This is massive in more ways than one...
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#Omnibus #CSDDD
A crucial opportunity at justice has been lost.
Decisionmakers have adopted a proposal to destroy the EU’s corporate sustainability law.
This is massive in more ways than one...
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#Omnibus #CSDDD
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
3️⃣1️⃣ civil society organisations are urging Siemens to withdraw support from the Mozambique LNG project that is consistently linked to allegations of human rights violations.
Read the full letter below ⬇️
stopmozgas.org/article/siem...
#StopMozGas
Read the full letter below ⬇️
stopmozgas.org/article/siem...
#StopMozGas
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
3️⃣1️⃣ civil society organisations are urging Siemens to withdraw support from the Mozambique LNG project that is consistently linked to allegations of human rights violations.
Read the full letter below ⬇️
stopmozgas.org/article/siem...
#StopMozGas
Read the full letter below ⬇️
stopmozgas.org/article/siem...
#StopMozGas
🆕 The long-awaited #EUCivilSocietyStrategy is here - supposedly to protect and empower organisations like ours. But can it deliver a #TrueCivicSpace? @eucivilsociety.bsky.social highlights its best bits: civilsocietyeurope.eu/eu-strategy-...
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🆕 The long-awaited #EUCivilSocietyStrategy is here - supposedly to protect and empower organisations like ours. But can it deliver a #TrueCivicSpace? @eucivilsociety.bsky.social highlights its best bits: civilsocietyeurope.eu/eu-strategy-...
🔨 Everyone should be able to afford a secure & warm home.🏠
To make this happen, a brand-new study by Za Zemiata goes far beyond the data for solutions by looking into people's lives ➕ including voices of homeowners, architects, engineers, municipalities and NGOs ⬇️
www.zazemiata.org/resources/re...
To make this happen, a brand-new study by Za Zemiata goes far beyond the data for solutions by looking into people's lives ➕ including voices of homeowners, architects, engineers, municipalities and NGOs ⬇️
www.zazemiata.org/resources/re...
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🔨 Everyone should be able to afford a secure & warm home.🏠
To make this happen, a brand-new study by Za Zemiata goes far beyond the data for solutions by looking into people's lives ➕ including voices of homeowners, architects, engineers, municipalities and NGOs ⬇️
www.zazemiata.org/resources/re...
To make this happen, a brand-new study by Za Zemiata goes far beyond the data for solutions by looking into people's lives ➕ including voices of homeowners, architects, engineers, municipalities and NGOs ⬇️
www.zazemiata.org/resources/re...
It’s time to shrink our material footprint ♻️
Join us in calling for a reduction target for the EU’s material footprint in the EU Circular Economy Act!
Last days to send your feedback to the Commission 👇
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
Image source: www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
Join us in calling for a reduction target for the EU’s material footprint in the EU Circular Economy Act!
Last days to send your feedback to the Commission 👇
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
Image source: www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
It’s time to shrink our material footprint ♻️
Join us in calling for a reduction target for the EU’s material footprint in the EU Circular Economy Act!
Last days to send your feedback to the Commission 👇
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
Image source: www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
Join us in calling for a reduction target for the EU’s material footprint in the EU Circular Economy Act!
Last days to send your feedback to the Commission 👇
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
Image source: www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
💪 Communities across Europe are taking back power to defend local, small-scale farming that is respectful of animals, nature & our wellbeing.
They say no to animal factories. Want to join them? Take action during the week against animal factories, 24-30 Nov 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/stop-fa...
They say no to animal factories. Want to join them? Take action during the week against animal factories, 24-30 Nov 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/stop-fa...
October 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
💪 Communities across Europe are taking back power to defend local, small-scale farming that is respectful of animals, nature & our wellbeing.
They say no to animal factories. Want to join them? Take action during the week against animal factories, 24-30 Nov 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/stop-fa...
They say no to animal factories. Want to join them? Take action during the week against animal factories, 24-30 Nov 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/stop-fa...
🚨 Parliament stood up against the Commission’s anti-democratic deregulation agenda❗
Today, MEPs voted by secret ballot against the mandate for Rapporteur Warborn to take the compromise straight to trilogue, without substantive debate in plenary....
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Today, MEPs voted by secret ballot against the mandate for Rapporteur Warborn to take the compromise straight to trilogue, without substantive debate in plenary....
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October 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🚨 Parliament stood up against the Commission’s anti-democratic deregulation agenda❗
Today, MEPs voted by secret ballot against the mandate for Rapporteur Warborn to take the compromise straight to trilogue, without substantive debate in plenary....
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Today, MEPs voted by secret ballot against the mandate for Rapporteur Warborn to take the compromise straight to trilogue, without substantive debate in plenary....
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All eyes on next week's UN negotiations for a Binding Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights!
This could be a game changer in ending corporate harm and impunity❗
More here ⬇️
friendsoftheearth.eu/news/un-bind...
This could be a game changer in ending corporate harm and impunity❗
More here ⬇️
friendsoftheearth.eu/news/un-bind...
October 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
All eyes on next week's UN negotiations for a Binding Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights!
This could be a game changer in ending corporate harm and impunity❗
More here ⬇️
friendsoftheearth.eu/news/un-bind...
This could be a game changer in ending corporate harm and impunity❗
More here ⬇️
friendsoftheearth.eu/news/un-bind...
Inspired by World Food Day?!
Listen to the 'Soil Sisters' podcast to find out more about women and LGBTQ+ farmers and discover how ⬇️
🥕 feminist action works on the ground
🍏 communities build financial autonomy
🪷 alliances work across languages + borders
🎧 hub.urgenci.net/swift/unders...
#SWIFT
Listen to the 'Soil Sisters' podcast to find out more about women and LGBTQ+ farmers and discover how ⬇️
🥕 feminist action works on the ground
🍏 communities build financial autonomy
🪷 alliances work across languages + borders
🎧 hub.urgenci.net/swift/unders...
#SWIFT
October 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Inspired by World Food Day?!
Listen to the 'Soil Sisters' podcast to find out more about women and LGBTQ+ farmers and discover how ⬇️
🥕 feminist action works on the ground
🍏 communities build financial autonomy
🪷 alliances work across languages + borders
🎧 hub.urgenci.net/swift/unders...
#SWIFT
Listen to the 'Soil Sisters' podcast to find out more about women and LGBTQ+ farmers and discover how ⬇️
🥕 feminist action works on the ground
🍏 communities build financial autonomy
🪷 alliances work across languages + borders
🎧 hub.urgenci.net/swift/unders...
#SWIFT
On #WorldFoodDay, the EU Commission should take note: farmers & cities across Europe prove food can be grown without pesticides 🌱
A fairer, healthier food system is possible. Time for policies that support it!
Check our new report with @paneurope.bsky.social👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
A fairer, healthier food system is possible. Time for policies that support it!
Check our new report with @paneurope.bsky.social👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
October 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
On #WorldFoodDay, the EU Commission should take note: farmers & cities across Europe prove food can be grown without pesticides 🌱
A fairer, healthier food system is possible. Time for policies that support it!
Check our new report with @paneurope.bsky.social👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
A fairer, healthier food system is possible. Time for policies that support it!
Check our new report with @paneurope.bsky.social👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
We knew it would be bad 😐
The EPP's strong-arming worked, the bad compromise has passed, and with it any hope that corporate accountability might have been saved by the resistance of other MEPs 😑
Now it's on to the plenary next Thursday.
Keeping our eyes peeled 👀
#CSDDD
The EPP's strong-arming worked, the bad compromise has passed, and with it any hope that corporate accountability might have been saved by the resistance of other MEPs 😑
Now it's on to the plenary next Thursday.
Keeping our eyes peeled 👀
#CSDDD
October 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We knew it would be bad 😐
The EPP's strong-arming worked, the bad compromise has passed, and with it any hope that corporate accountability might have been saved by the resistance of other MEPs 😑
Now it's on to the plenary next Thursday.
Keeping our eyes peeled 👀
#CSDDD
The EPP's strong-arming worked, the bad compromise has passed, and with it any hope that corporate accountability might have been saved by the resistance of other MEPs 😑
Now it's on to the plenary next Thursday.
Keeping our eyes peeled 👀
#CSDDD
🍽️ Food concerns everyone, so do the rules that protect it. If the EU rolls back food & pesticide laws, we all lose: our health, nature, clean water
We built these protections together over time. We have 7 days to defend them.
Join us in saying #ProtectMyPlate 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...
We built these protections together over time. We have 7 days to defend them.
Join us in saying #ProtectMyPlate 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...
October 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🍽️ Food concerns everyone, so do the rules that protect it. If the EU rolls back food & pesticide laws, we all lose: our health, nature, clean water
We built these protections together over time. We have 7 days to defend them.
Join us in saying #ProtectMyPlate 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...
We built these protections together over time. We have 7 days to defend them.
Join us in saying #ProtectMyPlate 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...
And on the way, we teamed up with allies from @caneurope.org to call on the EU to ramp up ambitions and financing for #ClimateAction ✊
In a tug of war between citizens and corporate CEOs, we showed it’s time to tip the balance - because our planet & #OurRightsAreNotForSale!
In a tug of war between citizens and corporate CEOs, we showed it’s time to tip the balance - because our planet & #OurRightsAreNotForSale!
October 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
And on the way, we teamed up with allies from @caneurope.org to call on the EU to ramp up ambitions and financing for #ClimateAction ✊
In a tug of war between citizens and corporate CEOs, we showed it’s time to tip the balance - because our planet & #OurRightsAreNotForSale!
In a tug of war between citizens and corporate CEOs, we showed it’s time to tip the balance - because our planet & #OurRightsAreNotForSale!
We joined thousands on the streets of Brussels today for the #ClimateMarch, walking with our Belgian groups to say: let’s tip the balance! ⚖️
Listen to us, not big polluters.
For climate justice and a transition that puts #PeopleOverProfits.
Listen to us, not big polluters.
For climate justice and a transition that puts #PeopleOverProfits.
October 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We joined thousands on the streets of Brussels today for the #ClimateMarch, walking with our Belgian groups to say: let’s tip the balance! ⚖️
Listen to us, not big polluters.
For climate justice and a transition that puts #PeopleOverProfits.
Listen to us, not big polluters.
For climate justice and a transition that puts #PeopleOverProfits.