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Given the well documented high level of deforestation of the Amazon and human rights violations, we call on all European leaders to stop the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

Why is this important?

There may be a new President in Brazil, but Amazon rainforest destruction still hit an all-time high last month! And it will only get worse if we don't act fast. [1]

The cause? Greedy agribusiness is still cutting and burning down the rainforest for soy and cattle farming. And to make matters worse, the European Commission and big corporate lobbyists are now conspiring to revive the disastrous EU-Mercosur trade agreement with Brazil and three other countries. [2]

If the deal goes through, Europe will get a fresh supply of beef, soy and wood at lower prices while corporate greed continues to destroy the Amazon. And what do the Mercosur countries get in return? Toxic pesticides that are so dangerous that agribusiness isn’t even allowed to sell them in the EU. It's a terrible deal for the rainforest, indigenous communities, and the planet. [3]

But there's an opportunity for us to stop it! A small group of EU countries and the members of the European Parliament (MEPs) could still block the deal. And leaders from France, the Netherlands, and Austria have already said they won't sign the agreement in its current form. [4]

We’re already at over 500,000 signatures, and with the support of big new partners, we could reach 1 million and create a media sensation! That could fuel a major revolt of EU countries and MEPs at critical negotiations in the coming weeks.

**On 23 March 2023, we amended the text of this petition because the Brazilian government has changed and the new president, Lula da Silva, took new commitments regarding the fight against the climate crisis.

**WeMove Europe is collecting signatures for this petition together with the organisation SumOfUs. Other organisations, including Campact, Greenpeace and Foodwatch, are running their own campaigns with similar demands. Together there are more than one and a half million of us and we are still growing.

References:

“Record deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest shows challenge facing Lula”: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/brazil-record-deforestation-amazon-rainforest-lula-bolsonaro
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-tries-to-grab-power-back-on-trade-deals/
"The EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement”, FERN, Policy briefing, https://www.fern.org/fileadmin/uploads/fern/Documents/2020/The_EU-Mercosur_Trade_Agreement_explainer.pdf
https://batimes.com.ar/news/economy/frances-macron-warns-eu-mercosur-deal-hinges-on-environment.phtml
https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/dutch-parliament-calls-for-veto-of-mercosur-eu-agreement-and-cites-brazil-bad-for-the-amazon/
https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/austria-vetoes-mercosur-deal-saying-it-goes-against-eu-green-deal/

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Recent comments

Noemi

Rainforests form a unique, beautiful and precious inherent part of the environment. They are absolutely essential to counter the effects of climate change, as well as for providing home and habitat for many unique, endangered species. Moreover, trees and rainforests generate oxygen necessary for life, and all creatures, including us, depend on them to survive. We must do everything in our power to preserve them. They are the lungs of the Earth, and all living creatures need as large forests as possible in order to breathe. They make our planet more beautiful. And yet, we are still losing them. Please, let´s save the Amazon´s rainforests while there is still time. Let´s stop the ongoing deforestation, otherwise the damage done will be irreparable.

Natasja

No EU-Mercosur! Instead protect the rainforests and people!

Monique

C'est une situation terrible pour la forêt tropicale, les communautés autochtones et la planète. [ Mais nous avons une opportunité d’arrêter cela ! TOUS ENSEMBLE NOUS POUVONS SIGNER contre ce massacre !!

Boris

Leave the wilderness alone!

Nadine

The worst thing for the environment!

James

What hypocrites the EU members are. The EU

Thomas

Stop killing the lungs of the world! Idiots

Diane

FROM DIANE WALLACE, FORSYTH County, North Carolina Resident- Let’s protect ALL species and retain their habitats. Soon it will be too humid to sweat. And once the permafrost thaws past a certain point then the temperature of the Ocean will rise such that plankton will die off leading to an oxygen poor atmosphere starting above sea level.

Lotte

Given the well documented high level of deforestation of the Amazon and human rights violations, we call on all European leaders to stop the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

mischa

The amazon forests are the lungs of our planet.

Pol

Stop the EU-Mercosur trade agreement now!

Norberto

La comunidad mundial debe intervenir para que los gobiernos que forman la Amazonía dejen de quemar y deforestal el Amazonas

j

What hypocrites the EU members are. The EU has given permission for the Netherlands government to force 3000 farms to close, in the name of climate change prevention, and here they are negotiating a destructive deal that will see this import of beef, whilst they are denying Netherland's farmers the right to produce. Nothing to do with climate change obviously, when they are considering importing beef from Brazil, thus further potentially adding to destruction of the rainforest. The EU needs dismantling. It is not fit for purpose, nor was it ever. To even consider this deal, is disgraceful.

Terry

We cannot let short sighted corporate greed destroy more of the Amazon rainforest. Stop the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

Samantha

Stop abusing nature and people!

Jakob

Safe the rainforest

Silas

We've spent too long just letting people destroy our planet, if we don't stop this the planet will soon enough become unsaveable

RENE

With our greed we will DESTROY OURSELVES. MONEY is a devil's tool.

Angela

Sou brasileira, amo meu país e abomino sua destruição sistemática passada, presente e futura pretendida por governantes e poderosos, movidos pela ganância e desejo de poder. Chega, chega, chega de mortes e destruição do que pertence e é direito do povo. Esse plano maquiavélico tem tudo para fracassar.

Gerrit

Show finally backbone, Mr. Habeck and other politicians of "green" parties in Europe and America

Silas

Trees are cool

Robert

We cannot continue to allow the Amazon and Indigenous People to be destroyed.

Shaun

It needs to stop right now otherwise our children will have no air left to breathe when we’re gone!

Astrid

Stop EU-Mercosur Trade Deal!

Marijke

We need lungs for our planet. Let us keep up the good work to protects our forests.

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