European Coordination Via Campesina

#17April | Land for those who care for it and work it! Peasants' Rights NOW!

Press release Brussels, 17 Apr 2019

With one fist in the air and the other hand on the land, from Europe we join the international chorus this April 17, affirming that Peasant Rights are only possible with Agrarian Reform and Social […] Continue reading

EU Parliament's AGRI Committee yields to the interests of large landowners and agribusiness

Press release Brussels, 2 Apr 2019

In its stance, COMAGRI limits the Commission's proposal for a fairer distribution of aid to a maximum of 10% of the total and withdraws the progressive reduction of aid to beneficiaries receiving between 60,000 and […] Continue reading

More farmers, better food: Nyéléni ECA releases CAP publication

Press release Brussels, 25 Mar 2019

Sustainable small farmers should be put at the core of EU agricultural policy, according to a new paper released today by the Nyeleni Europe and Central Asia Platform for Food Sovereignty [1]. The strongly documented […] Continue reading

The Tarajal Massacre and our agricultural fields

Press release Brussels, 6 Feb 2019

The European Coordination Via Campésina and the National Federation of the Agricultural Sector (FNSA-Morocco) join the families of the victims commemorating today the Tarajal massacre. On February 6, 2014, 15 people died and others went […] Continue reading

Democracy instead of corporate power. Food Sovereignty instead of Free Trade: European peasant movement demands in Belgian-German border

Press release Brussels, 25 Jan 2019

Farmers and citizens from Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, “flattened” CETA and other free trade deals, in a symbolic action where the FTAs thrown on the ground and stomped on. Continue reading