Catarina Vieira

All 🇪🇺 roads lead to Strasbourg this week for the OCT I session 🍃

Expect lively discussions, debates, and many votes on issues dealing with foreign policy.

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#parliamentarydiplomacy #thisweek

Europe bans toxic pesticides… but exports them abroad ! Let’s stop this toxic trade together !

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This week, right-wing groups in the ENVI & AGRI Committees have shown once again how little they care about nature and people by rejecting the EU forest monitoring law.

Knowing how our forests are doing is crucial to keep them healthy, keep us healthy, fight #ClimateChange and safeguard our future.

With unstoppable energy, the #BackToTheFuture march made it from Maastricht to Brussels. Against deregulation and for a future that protects people and planet, they were loud and clear 📣 and I was so happy to walk alongside them for the last bit, also with the wonderful @tillymetz.bsky.social

EU set to propose new delay to anti-deforestation rules | Euractiv The news comes after the Commission concluded trade negotiations with Indonesia, the world's largest exporter of palm oil – a key crop in driving deforestation

The European Commission is delaying its anti-deforestation law again. Two years to prepare, yet forests keep falling and every delay helps those who profit. When something matters, you make it happen. The EUDR is our only tool to stop imported deforestation. Forests can’t wait. Neither should we.

🚨 LIVE in MAASTRICHT

We're kicking off the #BackToTheFuture march!

We have come together with many others to make sure EU decisionmakers hear us all the way down in Brussels:

Protect people ➕ planet
Going backwards is not an option! We want protections for people, communities and environment

MEPs visited Bangladesh to express support for its reform agenda | News | European Parliament Five members of Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) were in Bangladesh from 16 to 18 September to highlight the human rights dimension of EU-Bangladesh relations.

Returning from Bangladesh with hope and fear in equal amounts. Immense hope for democracy and freedom in the country. Urgent concern for the consequences of the cuts of aid funding on the more then 1 million Rohingya refugees. #Bangladesh #humanrights

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EU unveils plan to hit Israel with tariffs, sanctions amid Gaza war outcry European Commission moves to get tough on Israel — but now it needs member countries on board.

The Commission has finally proposed sanctions on Israel: tariffs, funding cuts and sanctions on extremist ministers.

It is a long-overdue step that shows Europe can act. But what matters now is turning proposals into real pressure. Symbolic gestures will not stop the killing in Gaza.

It's coming!! The #BackToTheFuture march 🥾💪
Let’s get together to demand

- Accountability for human rights violations and pollution
- Protection for communities from corporate harm

We're ready to pound the pavement, fly our flags and sing out loud.

Will you come along?
backtothefuturemarch.org

This is not the end. Our fight continues. We will keep condemning the genocide, demanding a weapons embargo, and calling for the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. We will always stand for international law and Palestinian lives. #CeasefireNow #StandWithPalestine

But it's a text that can pressure Europe to do more, warn Israel for consequences, and acknowledge the horrors inflicted on the Palestinian people.

It's not an ambitious text. It's far from perfect. It does not contain everything that we believe is needed to bring peace and justice to the region.

Today, the European Parliament voted on a resolution on Gaza. With a potential majority of conservatives with the far-right, I genuinely feared the outcome. But in the end, a wide majority with pro-democratic parties was able to approve a text. 🧵 #Gaza #EUParliament

Dankzij Trumps grillen denkt de Europese Commissie dat het eindelijk gaat lukken: een handelsdeal met Zuid-Amerika Mercosur: Het verzet in de EU tegen het vrijhandelsverdrag met vier Zuid-Amerikaanse landen brokkelt af, mede door de onrust over de Amerikaanse importheffingen. Met extra toezeggingen om boeren tegem...

Een slechte deal uit Washington maakt een slechte deal met Mercosur niet opeens goed. Twee keer slecht blijft slecht.

What's in Trump's trade deal with Europe? The United States and the European Union agreed on a framework trade deal to end months of uncertainty for industries and consumers.

Drill baby drill, he said, and buy baby buy, we responded. Agreeing to triple our energy purchases and become dependent on US fossil fuels is a strategic mistake for our autonomy and green transition - on top of accepting the uneven 15%.

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Iran: Horrifying secret executions amid mounting political repression Responding to the arbitrary executions of tortured political dissidents, Behrouz Ehsani, 69, and Mehdi Hassani, 48, in secret in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj, Alborz province, on 27 July, Kristine Bec...

Iran's regime continues its dark track record of executions. Dissent is criminalized, without fair trials. My heart goes to the families affected by this cruelty disguised as justice. The EU must continue to demand accountability.

#Iran #DeathPenalty #HumanRights

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

A victory for both our planet and for human rights.

Children are dying of starvation but the best the EU can deliver is weak words of warning to Israel. I join more than 60 fellow MEPs in writing to @kajakallas.bsky.social
demanding immediate action. History will not forgive our passivity in this genocide.

Yes I did!

Gaza: UN expert denounces genocidal violence against women and girls GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, today called for immediate global action to halt what she described as an unfolding “...

"The scale & nature of the crimes inflicted on Palestinian women & girls by Israeli forces are so extreme that existing concepts in legal & criminal frameworks can no longer adequately describe them" - a read for the Member States that champion feminist foreign policy

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From guaranteeing living wages to championing the circular economy, every euro we spend should advance our social & green goals. The EU must lead by moving away from the cheapest bid towards the most sustainable & ethical choice. #PublicProcurement

The EU deserves a credible antisemitism coordinator.

After von Schnurbein's deeply troubling statements - framing bake sales as antisemitic and suggesting that Hamas is behind mass protests across Europe - she lost all credibility.

We call for her immediate replacement 👇

Let us be honest: if the atrocities against Palestinians were being committed by another country, the EU would have taken decisive action. What remains after today's Foreign Ministers meeting: empty words, double standards and business as usual.

#Gaza #Palestine #EUIsraelAsssociationAgreement

Let us be honest: if the atrocities against Palestinians were being committed by another country, the EU would have taken decisive action. What remains after today's Foreign Ministers meeting: empty words, double standards and business as usual.

#Gaza #Palestine #EUIsraelAsssociationAgreement

The US administration that claims to safeguard free speech is quick to try to silence critical voices. Sanctions on UN Rapporteur @franceskalbs.bsky.social are unacceptable. The EU must condemn this and start doing what Francesca has brilliantly done for months: stand up for international law.

The tremendous courage of Gergely Karácsony in organising Pride in Budapest deserves much more than the incredible standing ovation he received this afternoon in the plenary! 🏳️‍🌈 What a great guest to welcome in Strasbourg.

Op-ed: EU Deforestation Regulation must survive flawed technicalities A European Parliament vote today risks jeopardising the EU Deforestation Regulation. After already being delayed by a year, MEPs must rally around ...

In less than one hour the EP will be voting on yet another attempt to postpone the application of the EU deforestation regulation. @Inbdublin.bsky.social and I reflect on the importance and urgency of this law, and the political games that threaten it.

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Ahh yes, that world famous bullet-proof strategy to fight far right extremism and populism: not regulating false advertising from companies when it comes to sustainability. A vague understanding of climate neutral is all we need to fight fascism.

It's always an honor to meet with human rights defenders. Check the recording of our livestream with two incredible young people, Gabriela and Shafi, who are standing up for human rights in Venezuela and Afghanistan.

It's one thing to Trojan-horse your deregulation desires under the ✨simplification✨ narrative. It's another to suddenly throw 2 years and countless hours of legislative work in the bin.