Greenpeace European Unit
Budget
€2,160,000
EP Access
8
accredited persons
Staff
9
4.5 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Greenpeace is a global non-profit network using non-violent direct action to confront the systems that threaten nature. Greenpeace’s income comes from more than 3 million of individuals & a few charitable foundations. We are not compromised in who or what we campaign for or against. GP aims to protect & conserve nature & to promote peace by investigating, exposing & confronting environmental abuse, challenging the political and economic powers that can effect change, driving economically responsible & socially just solutions that offer hope for current & future generations, & inspire people to take responsibility for the planet. Greenpeace European Unit monitors the work of the EU institutions, exposes deficient EU policies & laws, challenges EU decision-makers to act responsibly in the public interest & to implement progressive solutions. The Unit confronts industry lobbies that undermine environmental protection in the pursuit of their short-term financial interests.
EU Legislative Interests
EU Own Resources for the EU Budget EU 2040 Climate Target and Revision of the Climate Law EU Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for 2035 Clean Industrial Deal and Affordable Energy Action Plan EU Energy Policy and REPowerEU (including Russian Gas Phase-out) Fossil Fuel Phase-out and UNFCCC Climate Commitments Sanctions on Russian Shadow Fleets EU CO₂ Standards for Cars European Commission Vision for Agriculture and Food Common Agricultural Policy reform European Commission Livestock Strategy EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement EU-New Zealand Trade Agreement EU Deforestation Regulation Export of Hazardous Chemicals Regulation on Plants Obtained by Certain New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) – COM(2023) 411 / 2023/0226 (COD) Housing Policy
Communication Activities
January Analysis of the 2024 EU-Mercosur agreement for trade policy-makers; Joint letter to the Polish Agriculture Minister; Letter to Commissioner Hoekstra on aviation and taxes; Media interviews on nuclear energy and EU cars CO₂ policy; Meeting with MEP Sinkevicius; February Meetings with Commissioner Hoekstra’s advisers on new taxes; Meeting with DG CLIMA with CAN Europe on the UNFCCC process and climate finance; Contribution to the consultation on the Strategic Dialogue for the Future of the Automotive Industry; Meeting with Commission Special Adviser Philippe Lamberts and Green10; European Parliament debate “For a fossil fuel phase-out: a ban on new fossil fuel projects”; Press release and joint statement on new GMOs highlighting risks for farmers and small and medium-size breeders; Press release on the Clean Industrial Deal and Affordable Energy Action Plan: “EU Commission plans to appease Trump and polluting industry”; Food Policy Coalition Joint Statement on Farmers Protests; Greenpeace written contribution for the Strategic Dialogue process; Joint NGOs statement on IED approval Greenpeace reactive on EC non-paper on responses to farmers protests March Letter to Heads of State on EU new own resources (with Greenpeace national offices); 14 Press release on new GMOs; 2 Hearing at the European Parliament (S&D ENVI and INTA Working Group) on the EU-Mercosur agreement; Joint NGOs letter to EC President on GAEC standards simplification; Joint NGOs letter to EC President on the CAP simplification reform; April Media briefing debunking five misleading claims on new GMOs; Hearing at the European Parliament (INTA Monitoring Group) on deforestation and CBAM; Hearing at the European Parliament (S&D ENVI and INTA Working Group) on the EU-Mercosur agreement; 1 Greenpeace letter to MEPs before the CAP simplification reform vote; Greenpeace press release on activity before EP adoption of CAP simplification reform; Greenpeace press release on EP adoption of Commission CAP simplification reform; May Letter to Permanent Representations and to the European Parliament ENVI Committee on trilogues on new GMOs; Joint statement on GMO labelling; Advocacy tour with Indigenous leaders from Brazil and meetings with several MEPs on the EU-Mercosur agreement and Indigenous rights; Report “EU-Mercosur deal would boost the world’s biggest meat company’s profits by over €1 billion”; June EU-wide multi-CSO social media action led by GPEU on GMO labelling; Briefing on EU-Mercosur and the EU Deforestation Regulation; August Submission to the European Commission request for feedback on export and import of hazardous chemicals; September Advocacy tour with Indigenous leaders from Brazil and meetings with several MEPs on the EU-Mercosur agreement and Indigenous rights; Protest in front of the European Parliament in defence of forests and Indigenous Peoples’ rights worldwide, against the EU-Mercosur agreement and in support of a strong EU Deforestation Regulation; Greenpeace press release on Strategic Dialogue report; October Letter to Commissioner Šefčovič on the EU-New Zealand trade agreement; Greenpeace briefing on farmers losses in Europe; Joint NGOs letter to EC President on the establishment of the EBAF; November Press release on the 2040 climate target agreement at the European Parliament; Meeting with the Cabinet of Commissioner Roswall on EU exports of hazardous pesticides; December Letter to members of the ENVI Committee on the vote on the provisional trilogue agreement on new GMOs; Press release on the EU delaying plans to sign the EU-Mercosur trade deal; coalition letters, bilateral meetings with MEPs, letters and outreach to Commissioners and MEPs, social media and press work, and policy event on the Rainbow Warrior at COP30; Open Letter to EC on Climate Action and Just Transition in Agriculture.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Climate Action Network Europe (CAN Europe) Green 10 Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU (ALTER-EU) EU Food Policy Coalition Rethink Plastic Alliance European Trade Justice Coalition EU civil society coalition on new GMOs (EU new GMO CSO list) European Board on Agriculture and Food (EBAF) CDG on Climate and the Environment Food Dialogues
Organisation Members
High Seas Alliance, Fossil Free Politics. Stop EU-Mercosur alliance New GMOs list
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.