More detail in op ed!

It's urgent that citizens concerned about health & well-being take action to support a comprehensive 🇪🇺 #PFAS ban.

And it is imperative that politicians listen to them.

action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-01...

While EU Commission continues to emphasise its commitment to tackling PFAS, its language around scope of proposed ban is increasingly focussed on ‘consumer uses’, which could allow countless other sources of PFAS contamination to continue, and would be a far cry from the “universal” ban promised.

Plus de détails dans l'éditorial !

Il est urgent que la population préoccupés par la santé et le bien-être agissent pour soutenir une interdiction complète des 🇪🇺 #PFAS. Et il est impératif que les politiciens les écoutent.

action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-01...

Claudia Azevedo from the Jacques Delors think tank (who used to work at DG TRADE) comments on the ongoing #CTIP negotiations. She calls for:

- civil society + parliament involvement in negotiations
- sustainability commitments to be included
- explicit inclusion of free prior and informed consent

South Africa Trade Union Confederation COSATU's Tanya van Meelis warns against the EU-South Africa #CTIP and its push for green hydrogen leading to a new energy colonialism "it must not replicate the exploitative patterns of the past"

2/2 The Parliament's Delegation to South Africa 🇿🇦 will follow the 🎥 with a hearing on the #CTIP + #greenhydrogen, featuring the DG TRADE + @groundworksa.bsky.social

Tomorrow marks the first time the voices of 🇿🇦's impacted communities are heard by EU decision makers - but definitely not the last 📢✊🏼