*[Enwl-eng] Some good news for your summer reading

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Hi,

Let’s celebrate! These past months have been super busy for our community. 
Just take a look at how much we can achieve when we come together:



Not leaving the nest - the birds are staying!

Pelicans and flamingos will keep their resting place in the beautiful site 
of Ulcinj Salina in Montenegro.


EuroNatur activists with their YouMove petition

This campaign lasted for 15 years! That’s how long conservation group 
EuroNatur and allies fought to protect the unique former salina (salt pan) 
on the Adriatic coast, where migratory birds rest during their journeys. The 
government of Montenegro was about to allow the construction of a luxury 
tourist resort there. After years of advocacy, the activists launched a 
petition on our YouMove platform and over 110,000 people from across Europe 
supported it. [1] The pressure on the Montenegrin government mounted.

Then came the amazing news! On June 24th, the town council of Ulcinj 
designated the salina a nature park. In addition, the EU made protection of 
this Adriatic saltern a precondition for Montenegro’s EU accession. [2] This 
could not have happened without your help.



Billions of Euros returned to the Greek people


Our partners deliver the petition to the Eurozone’s Presidency spokesperson 
[3]

The crisis of the eurozone does not make dramatic headlines anymore, but we 
haven’t forgotten the devastation it’s causing. Since the beginning of 2018, 
together with our partners, Eurodad and Positive Money, we've fought for 
eurozone countries to pay the profit made on Greek bonds back to the Greek 
people. [4]

Before the Eurogroup meeting in April, we received a letter from its 
President who acknowledged our petition, supported by 145,000 of you -- and 
at the meeting, they decided to disburse another 1 billion euros to the 
Greek people - and chances are that this process will continue, as will our 
campaign! [5]



Welfare for farm animals in Europe - a rollercoaster of hope and 
disappointment


Pigs on a farm

In Europe, we are keeping many farm animals in intolerable conditions. The 
farming industry uses mass medication which spreads antimicrobial 
resistance. [6] Mass production of meat kills biodiversity and produces 
greenhouse gases. [7]

This is why, together with our partners from EEB and MESFA, we launched a 
massive campaign to deeply transform Europe’s agricultural policy. We have 
many demands, including maximum stock density on farms, a safeguard to 
maintain permanent grassland, and a ban on meat advertising with taxpayers’ 
money. [9]

At first, the European Parliament gave us a lot of hope, but it was soon 
destroyed. In March, one of the committees agreed to most of our demands, 
but by April we had lost. [10] Despite massive pressure from our community, 
the committee members chose to cave to the farming lobby instead of 
supporting animals and the planet.

But its not over -- the final battle is still ahead of us! The rules for 
Europe’s agricultural policy will be voted on this autumn. We'll continue to 
fight, grow this movement and develop new tactics to take on this powerful 
lobby.



More to come!

Vladimir, this is just a small part of what the WeMove community has been 
doing over the past months. We’ll keep updating you! Meanwhile, could you 
contribute to keep our work going? WeMove is funded by its community, so all 
the campaigns here depend on your generosity.



            WeMove is doing a great job, I’ll donate!




Thank you!

Marta (Warsaw), Joerg (Luebeck), Fatima (London), and the entire WeMove team



References

[1] https://you.wemove.eu/campaigns/save-ulcinj-salina-for-nature-and-people
[2] 
https://www.euronatur.org/en/about-euronatur/press-room/press-releases/detail/news/stage-victory-for-nature-conservation-ulcinj-salina-becomes-nature-park/
If you want to be updated on this campaign, you can do it via Euronatur’s 
newsletter: 
https://www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-do/campaigns-and-initiatives/saving-salina-ulcinj/euronatur-newsletter/
[3] https://twitter.com/eurodad/status/1053289611823407104
[4] https://act.wemove.eu/campaigns/justice-for-greece
https://www.reuters.com/article/eurozone-greece/update-1-greeces-slow-reforms-may-delay-return-of-bond-profits-sources-idUSL8N1XV6KN
https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/economy-finance/03_debt_measures.pdf
[5] 
http://dsms.consilium.europa.eu/952/Actions/Newsletter.aspx?messageid=30772&customerid=34639&password=enc_356542343476344579385675_enc
https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/greece-gets-e1-billion-in-return-for-reform-progress/
[6] 
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/07-11-2017-stop-using-antibiotics-in-healthy-animals-to-prevent-the-spread-of-antibiotic-resistance
[7] 
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/01/commission-report-great-food-transformation-plant-diet-climate-change/
[8] 
https://eeb.org/publications/53/farnubg/46504/position-paper-on-the-cap.pdf
[9] https://act.wemove.eu/campaigns/industrial-farming
[10] 
https://eeb.org/historic-european-parliament-vote-for-nature-friendly-farming/

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From: Marta Tycner | WeMove.EU
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2019 5:55 PM
Subject: Some good news for your summer reading



 
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