Deregulation

Deregulation Vital laws to protect the environment and society must not be weakened in the interests of corporate profits

MEPs should reject misguided “One in, one out principle”

16 September 2019

Friends of the Earth Europe, with its partners in the Green 10, has today expressed its deep concern regarding the introduction of a "One in, one out" principle for new legislation, as planned by European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen.

The proposed principle calls for any new initiative that creates a burden on businesses to be compensated by relieving an equivalent existing burden in the same policy area.

8 June 2019

Make tourism work for nature not destruction

This world oceans day (8 June), it’s time to make tourism work for our coastal nature, not destroy it.

It’s the time of year when, if we're luck enough, many of us are looking forward to a holiday at the coast. A chance to get away somewhere beautiful, see new sites, and reconnect by experiencing some of the truly wondrous nature Europe has to offer. There’s nothing better than time spent in nature to ground us and de-stress.

Cyprus, Malta, Spain, Bulgaria

28 May 2019

EU elections: Europe needs urgent and massive transformation

New MEPs have an awesome responsibility - no less than the future of the planet

by Jagoda Mu

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The EU has a long history of big business-friendly deregulation. This push to weaken or block new legislation and to scrap existing rules, especially environmental and social protection laws, is often misleadingly described as cutting 'red tape'.

Friends of the Earth Europe is working to ensure that the essential EU regulations keeping people and the environment safe are upheld, not undermined. We are promoting the benefits of strong laws to protect people and planet, and exposing the real big business agenda behind deregulation.

Reports & publications

25 Sep 2018

Manifesto for a Sustainable Europe for its Citizens

11 Sep 2017

'Better regulation': better for whom?

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