The European Union spends $65 billion a year subsidizing agriculture. But a chunk of that money emboldens strongmen, enriches politicians and finances corrupt dealing and land grabs.
Croatia will soon submit a request to the European Commission to extend a seven-year moratorium on the sale of agricultural land to foreigners.
- Euractiv
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25 September 2019
A critical examination of the European Union's involvement in land grabbing
Hungarian restrictions on farmland investors from other European Union nations violate basic rights enshrined in EU law, the bloc’s top court said.
Sous l’accord de libre-échange complet et approfondi (ALECA) en cours de négociation entre la Tunisie et l’Union européenne, les investisseurs européens auraient la possibilité d’acquérir les terres agricoles les plus fertiles en Tunisie
- CCFD-Terre Solidaire
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15 May 2019
European investors will now need to disclose the steps they have taken to address the adverse impact of their investment decisions, such as land grabbing
- Global Witness
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07 Mar 2019
L'Union européenne va créer un mecanisme de surveillance des investissements directs étrangers en Europe, y compris les rachats et locations de terres agricoles.
- Les Echos
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09 November 2018
“Domestic resources from African countries have to be supplemented by European resources, and that has to mean the private sector,” says Tom Arnold, who chairs the European Commission and African Union's joint Rural Taskforce.
- Euractiv
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28 September 2018
5 millions d'€ seront octroyés aux défenseurs des droits de l'homme et aux organisations œuvrant sur l'accaparement des terres, le changement climatique et les droits des populations autochtones.
- Infoplus Gabon
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09 August 2018
La délégation chargée d’évaluer l’accord « tout sauf les armes » au Cambodge s'est notamment penchée sur la question des conflits fonciers liés aux compagnies qui cultivent la canne à sucre, conflits fonciers à l'origine de nombreux déplacements de populations.
- LPJ Cambodge
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12 July 2018
EU delegation is in Cambodia on fact-finding mission to evaluated the issue of displaced peoples locked in land disputes with several sugar companies across the country particularly in Koh Kong, Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey provinces.
The EU could commit to only import legal palm oil into the EU and engage in a dialogue with Indonesia to improve governance of palm oil production, says FERN