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<CENTER><I>This is part of a series of 6-weekly emails written by our Director
telling stories to help you understand what the heck we're trying to do and
where you might fit in.</I></CENTER>
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<P><BIG>Hi,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Last week brought a wave of wins that started with the oceans.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>On Tuesday, we heard that Members of the European Parliament voted to
ban the crazy practice of trawling the ocean floor in protected areas.
</B>[1]<B> </B>Not only this, but reliable sources in the Parliament told
our partners that a big part of this result was down to our petition and social
media action. [2]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Now I have to be honest: the show isn't over yet. For the oceans to see
a difference, we are going to need the European Commission to put this rule into
the EU Action Plan on Oceans due after this summer. But we have won the first
major battle and have the power to finish it off. Watch this space! </BIG></P>
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<P><A
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results</EM></A></P></CENTER>
<P><BIG><B>On Wednesday, we heard that President Macron in France agreed to
support suspending patents on vaccines, so that factories in the Global South
can produce their own. </B>[3] He responded to the call from India and
South Africa supported by more than 2.7 million people including WeMove Members.
[4]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>As much as donating vaccines is needed in a crisis of countless deaths,
we know that COVID won’t be gone tomorrow. Meanwhile, highly qualified vaccine
manufacturers are literally ready to produce, waiting for the necessary
know-how. But big pharma greed and deep pockets stand in the way. Our campaign
got a big boost with France’s ‘oui’ and the US' 'yes' before that. But Merkel is
still saying ‘nein’. Next stop Germany…</BIG></P>
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big pharma monopolies to achieve vaccines for all</EM></A></P></CENTER>
<P><BIG><B>On Thursday, MEP’s voted to stop suffering for farmed animals caused
by cages.</B> [5]<B> </B>With over 250,000 individual emails and tweets we
helped get 558 MEPs come out in favour of ending the age of caged up animals.
This was a huge majority! [6] Now the stage is set for the EU Commission to
propose ambitious new laws phasing out cages in EU farming.</BIG></P>
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<P><A
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rel=nofollow><EM>Watch MEP Norbet Lins saying he feels like he received 1.4
million emails at the start of his speech on the day of the
vote</EM></A></P></CENTER>
<P><BIG><B>But not everything is awesome. Yesterday we met</B> the team of
European Commission Vice President Timmermans in Brussels to tell them that
220,000 of us don’t want forests to be used as fuel, burnt down to meet Europe's
renewable energy targets. [7] The meeting left me worried.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Unfortunately, the European Commission is giving up the fight rather
fast and is already talking of compromise deals and technical solutions like
tightening sustainability criteria and killing bad subsidies (instead of just
banning subsidies for forest destruction). Most of this is about fear of the
wrath of countries like Sweden, Finland, Austria and a number of Central and
Eastern European Countries who still think burning forests is ok. Well, at least
their governments do! </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Just 10 days back, our community put real pressure on the Finnish
government by mass tweeting the Finnish Minister for Environment. She saw our
tweets and answered that she too wants to “stop fake renewables”. [8] We need to
see more of this kind of well-timed pressure.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>You can still <STRONG><A
href="https://www.wemove.eu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=262029&qid=288907193"
rel=nofollow>sign the petition and chip in to actions here.</A></STRONG> We will
come back to you with more creative actions to keep the pressure up. We will not
give up until they accept that burning trees is dangerous, irresponsible and a
false alternative to fossil fuels. </BIG></P>
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<P><EM>A tweet from Finnish Minister of the Environment and Climate Change,
Krista Mikkonen [7]</EM></P></CENTER>
<P><BIG>It’s been a crazy, intense and rewarding last ten days, made possible by
this powerful community. If every week was like the last one, Europe would
really be making us proud. So let’s keep going. With every day, we are making
more waves. </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>With hope,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Laura (Brussels) and the entire WeMove team</BIG></P>
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<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1]
https:<SPAN>//www.europarl</SPAN>.europa<SPAN>.eu</SPAN>/news/en/press-room/20210604IPR05513/biodiversity-meps-demand-binding-targets-to-protect-wildlife-and-people<BR>https:<SPAN>//www.europarl</SPAN>.europa<SPAN>.eu</SPAN>/doceo/document/TA-9-2021-0277_EN.html
(number 86)<BR>[2] Seas At Risk, Oceana, Our
Fish<BR>https:<SPAN>//act.wemove</SPAN>.eu/campaigns/bottom-trawling<BR>[3]
https:<SPAN>//www.politico</SPAN>.eu/article/macron-backs-waiving-covid-19-vaccine-patents-ahead-of-g7-summit/<BR>[4]
https:<SPAN>//act.wemove</SPAN>.eu/campaigns/a-peoples-vaccine<BR>[5]
https:<SPAN>//www.ciwf</SPAN>.eu/news/2021/06/overwhelming-support-by-eu-parliament-for-ban-on-cages-for-farmed-animals?utm_campaign=cageage&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=ciwf<BR>https:<SPAN>//act.wemove</SPAN>.eu/campaigns/ban-cages-in-eu<BR>[6]
The European Parliament has 705 members<BR>[7]
https:<SPAN>//twitter</SPAN>.com/wemoveEU/status/1405103152618250243<BR>[8]
https:<SPAN>//twitter</SPAN>.com/MikkonenKrista/status/1399389520865468417</SMALL></P>
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