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Ahead of the European elections next year, the European People's Party are pitching themselves as the 'farmers' representatives' in Brussels. But they are making misleading claims when they oppose nature-friendly laws in the name of farmers, say critics.

DeSmog reveals how deep ties between farming lobby groups and EU politicians, are blocking Farm to Fork and pesticide use reforms.

The European Parliament’s farmer-packed agriculture committee is hindering a push for environmental sustainability and consumer interests.

Campaigners condemn "unholy alliance" with industrial farm lobby, as DeSmog analysis finds meetings with influential MEPs outnumber those with NGOs by eight-to-one.

“Instead of taking European farmers for granted, we need to support them and include them more in the decision-making on the future of Europe. We must respect them, make sure they can make a decent living, stop overloading them with new bureaucracy a...

The approval of the controversial weed killer glyphosate could be extended, according to a proposal by the EU Commission. According to the document posted online Wednesday, the drug could be used for...

The EPP Group wants us all to breathe cleaner air. We need ambitious and realistic measures to improve air quality, not populist or drastic ones. The EPP Group will defend this line in the debate today and the vote tomorrow on the so-called Ambient...

Center-right lawmakers are pushing to significantly water down proposed European guidelines on cleaner air.

A controversial plan to reduce use of chemical pesticides should pass in reduced form — but is unlikely to be abandoned.

Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski has been spending an awful lot of time in his native Poland — to the detriment of his EU duties, critics say.