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FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EUROPE DEMANDS FOR THE 2024 EUROPEAN

7 May 2024

Every To dismantle the power of corporations and strength- single policy decision needs to put people, and our en people power, a democratic and open society is a environment and climate, first if we are to bring prerequisite. [...] MOVING BEYOND GROWTH AND ENSURING ECONOMIC AND RESOURCE JUSTICE The next European Parliament and Commission needs to over- haul its neoliberal, neocolonial growth-based approach to eco- nomics, to one focusing on economic and resource justice, and responding to the multiple and systemic environmental, social, economic, and geopolitical crises we face. [...] ADDRESS THE DEMAND OF CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS: Ensure the implementation of the the Critical Raw Materials Regulation addresses the demand side, and significantly reduces material and energy demand. [...] SUPPORT COMMUNITY ENERGY: Ensure the implementation of robust enabling and regula- tory frameworks for renewable energy communities, the streamlining of administrative procedures and the provision of adequate technical and financial support for the development of citizen-led community initiatives. [...] PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY AND NATURE To reverse the rapid loss of biodiversity, it is necessary for the next European Parliament and Commission to regulate and ad- dress the current drivers of ecosystem destruction, and ensure binding regulations for the protection and restoration of nature.

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