Numerous organisations, small- and medium-scale farmers from Europe and South America have condemned the EU-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement as undemocratic and a violation of peasants’ rights.
Free Trade Agreements
New Zealand-EU: another free trade agreement against European farmers
Press release (Brussels: July 1, 2022) The European Commission concluded negotiations on a free trade… Read more →
Geneva Declaration: End WTO! Build International Trade based on Peasants’ Rights and Food Sovereignty!
The 2022 Geneva Declaration | La Via Campesina | 28 June 2022 We, La Via… Read more →
The People of Asia Against Free Trade: “Society Endures the Trauma of Debt”
September 10th is a day of struggle for La Via Campesina against free trade. This… Read more →
Europe needs more farmers: ECVC’s demands for the International Day of Peasant Struggles
In the week leading up to the International Day of Peasant Struggles (17 April), ECVC… Read more →
“Outdated model, fails the planet” Civil Society, Social Movements in Europe slam EU-Mercosur deal
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Corporate Lobbies have their boot on the neck of Europe
On Tuesday 8 December, the Belgian peasant farmers’ movement and its allies set up a… Read more →
Farmers’ Movements in India mobilise in large numbers to protest ‘pro-corporate’ reforms
Thousands of Indian farmers are pressing on with protests in and around the national capital… Read more →
La Via Campesina backs the UN Special Rapporteur’s observation that WTO policies have marginalised people’s human rights concerns
After 25 years, the World Trade Organization (WTO), one of the flag bearers of international… Read more →
Joint Declaration: Europe’s family farmers call for a rejection of the EU-Mercosur Agreement
Brussels: September 18, 2020 Joint press release on the informal EU Trade Council, 20-21 September… Read more →
