European Coordination Via Campesina

Should we accept the planned disappearance of the International Seed Treaty?

Press release Brussels, 31 Oct 2019

Fifteen years after its entry into force in 2005, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture faces the refusal of the seed industry to pay its debt and respect farmers' rights. […] Continue reading

For a complete reorientation of the CAP

Press release Brussels, 23 Oct 2019

More than 1000 people, both peasants and citizens, demonstrated together this Tuesday in Strasbourg to demand a fairer CAP that is no longer at the service of the agro-industry. The CAP concerns all of us, […] Continue reading

16 October | Call to Action: No Food Sovereignty Without Peasants’ Rights!

Mobilization Brussels, 15 Oct 2019

La Via Campesina and its allies around the world celebrate the International Day of Action for Peoples’ Food Sovereignty and against Transnational corporations on 16 October each year. We celebrate this day to remind people […] Continue reading

First steps in the roadmap for the implementation in Europe of the Peasants Rights Declaration

Press release Brussels, 1 Oct 2019

Under the leadership of the European peasant movement, the first steps towards implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) in Europe have been taken in […] Continue reading

Climate justice: human rights and nature before profit

Press release Brussels, 27 Sep 2019

ECVC joins actions across Europe and the world in response to climate and social emergencies. We demand that human rights and nature are given precedence over profit. Therefore, we must use public policies to move […] Continue reading