News

Bolsonaro under scrutiny in The Hague for crimes against humanity, genocide and possibly ecocide

Jair Bolsonaro is finally facing global opposition to the destruction he has wrought, so why is the EU still considering signing the Mercosur trade deal?

14/07/2021

Films

An activist’s guide to the EU

How does the EU impact the world and how can civil society influence EU policies?

The EU has a huge influence over the fate of the world’s forests.

Its trade deals, aid strategies, energy and climate policies, and imports of...

19/11/2020

News, Forest Watch

Can the EU-Mercosur agreement be used to stop Bolsonaro’s attack on forests and Indigenous Peoples?

Significant developments with the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement in recent weeks will reveal whether the possibility of the deal being placed in the deep-freeze is enough to unlock a change of course in Brazil. 

After the...

10/11/2020

News, Forest Watch

Mercosur disarray exposes EU Trade policy weakness

Germany has at last acknowledged that the EU-Mercosur deal is toxic, joining a growing number of Member States (Austria, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg) that have expressed concerns – and also revealing the...

16/09/2020

Films

EU-Mercosur trade deal: What does it mean for Brazil?

Brazil's environmental policies affect some of the world’s most important forests and can have a devastating effect on the traditional communities that live in and off them. This has a knock-on effect on the climate, our planet,...

02/09/2020

Press Releases

European Ombudsman: Commission must answer questions over failure to consider environmental, social impacts of South American trade deal

The European Ombudsman has opened an inquiry into the EU Commission’s trade agreement with the ‘Mercosur’ group of South American countries.

This follows a complaint from several NGOs alleging that the Commission ignored its...

10/07/2020

Blogs

Bolsonaro’s Brazil: A Pariah State?

Time overdue for the EU to end its role in Brazil’s environmental and social crimes  

01/07/2020

Press Releases

EU failed to consider environmental and social impacts of South American trade deal: complaint

The European Commission has ignored its legal obligation to ensure the trade agreement with the ‘Mercosur’ group of South American countries will not lead to social, economic, environmental degradation and human rights violations,...

15/06/2020

News

EU-Mercosur deal increasingly under fire

As Europe seeks to lessen its responsibility for environmental and social harm, the Dutch Parliament adds another obstacle to the controversial EU-Mercosur trade deal.

10/06/2020

Blogs

Pushing EU trade in the right direction?

Perrine Fournier analyses the French-Dutch call for making trade more sustainable in EU free trade agreements.

20/05/2020