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Today, directors of the Green 10, of which HEAL is a member, met with European Commission President von der Leyen and shared civil society’s recommendations for policy action. The Green 10 represents over 50 million Europeans across all EU member states and candidate countries.
The G10 warns that “the evidence is undeniable that the triple climate-nature-pollution crisis is undermining people, communities, business and society today and in the future. It needs urgent high-level attention and there should be no back-tracking for immediate political expediency or short-term economic benefits to the few, at the cost to society now and in the future.”
G10 representatives of civil society across Europe call on Commission President Von der Leyen and the College of Commissioners to:
- Step up to the needs of history and champion a green, social and sustainable business transition to a one planet economy in Europe.
- Commit publicly and loudly to a strong and engaged civil society, that diverse voices are crucial to strengthen the operation and resilience of EU democracy, protect European values and the European project itself.
- Resist the calls for deregulation building on the false assumption that this will drive competitiveness.
- Commit to a transformative Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) that helps address the triple challenges today’ s challenges and leverage in the future.
HEAL considers it crucial that President Von der Leyen should
- Maintain and strengthen the environmental and health objectives in the REACH review to avoid public health failures and the significant costs as exemplified by the PFAS impacts costing 2 trillion EUR to clean up over the next 20 years.
- Stop the deregulatory process of the omnibus. The proposed chemicals omnibus should not undermine protections and put people’s health at risk.
- Continue supporting the LIFE Programme as a strengthened and retain a strong biodiversity and zero-pollution focus.
Read the full document Green 10 asks to the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen
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