Faustine Bas-Defossez

Director nature, health and envt at EEB ; mum of 2 working hard for a liveable future 🌍 #sustainability #agri #biodiversity 🌿🐞 views are my own

[Séamus Boland @EESC_President]

On #WorldNGODay, we made it clear: #CivilSociety is the backbone of our democracy!

We call for stronger protection & support for those defending #HumanRights & the #RuleOfLaw, workers & businesses.

Their voices shape our future - let’s ensure they are heard, not silenced!

[European Environmental Bureau @Green_Europe]

This week @tenBrinkPatrick, @BasDefossez and
@toxicfreefuture met @JessikaRoswall to discuss the vital role of civil society in decision-making and the urgent need to tackle chemical pollution under the EU Green Deal, to move towards a #toxicfreefuture.

[Faustine Bas-Defossez @BasDefossez]

Thanks to Commissioner @JessikaRoswall for a good meeting and stressing that civil society and work of NGOs are essential. We in particular talked about #PFAs scandal and the urgent need for the EU to make Europe the first PFAS-free continent. We count on you to lead the way.

[Jessika Roswall @JessikaRoswall]

Insightful meeting with @tenBrinkPatrick , Secretary General of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and team today.

[Faustine Bas-Defossez @BasDefossez]

My Xmas wish? That green santa offers the recent @IPBES reports to those in @EPPGroup who are about to launch a war against nature https://t.co/clfl5RlLzV

[European Environmental Bureau @Green_Europe]

🚨 Europe’s environmental crisis is intensifying, yet environmental defenders are facing more resistance and risk than ever.

🧐 @YEEnetwork's @EPagliarusco explores their role and how the #BeLIFE project can #SupportEnvDefenders:
https://t.co/CXRzwhWC1y

[European Environmental Bureau @Green_Europe]

The EU's new agriculture chief, @CHansenEU, faces a defining moment.

He inherits:
✅Farmer protests demanding fairness
✅Historic consensus for reform
✅A mandate to deliver bold, systemic change

@DeSchutterO explains how Europe can meet the challenge👇
https://t.co/Rq7VRLGYrn

[Faustine Bas-Defossez @BasDefossez]

Après les agissements inacceptables de la @FNSEA envers l'@INRAE_France '240 chercheurs soulignent que des transitions radicales sont nécessaires et que la recherche doit rester indépendante pour faire face aux enjeux monumentaux du XXIᵉ siècle👇 https://t.co/xAvkTsnEvT

[Camille Perrin @Perrin_Cam]

“The big problem in Europe is this incapacity to not give way to lobbies and put public health first”, prof. @HercbergS told @POLITICOEurope.
Commissioners @CHansenEU and @OliverVarhelyi can still prove him wrong when presenting the upcoming Vision for Agriculture and Food …🤓

[European Environmental Bureau @Green_Europe]

Did you know that:
👩‍🌾Only ≈30% of EU farms are run by women
💰And their income is >1/3 lower than those owned by men

🔴Our @BasDefossez is at @EP_Agriculture to discuss the challenges and opportunities for #GenderEquality in EU food and farming. Tune in: https://t.co/Fo4ZpUOykp

[EU Agriculture🌱 @EUAgri]

On stage @vrecionova @DrNagyIstvn1 @EUAgri's DG W.Burtscher, Mr Petersen #NAT @EUCoR, @BasDefossez, @masgiansanti answering to:
What do we want to see in the vision for agriculture and food?

[European Environmental Bureau @Green_Europe]

LIVE🔴

Tune in now to watch EEB's @BasDefossez and 5 other panellists kick off this year's #EUAgriFoodDays with a debate on the future of EU #FoodAndFarming, the #CAP, the #StrategicDialogue outcomes, and the upcoming Vision for Agriculture & Food💬

🧵👇https://t.co/WiW24u1kaA

[European Environmental Bureau @Green_Europe]

@BasDefossez @EUAgri @LivePOLITICO @paulandresr_ @Euractiv @FordAlessandro @CHansenEU @vonderleyen @EU_Commission @angelodimambro Europe's current agriculture and food systems are simply not sustainable, severely harming:

😷The air we breathe

🥤The water we drink

🪱Soil health

🪲Vital ecosystems

...all while failing the vast majority of farmers and costing EU taxpayers billions each year...

[Camille Perrin @Perrin_Cam]

A lot of consumer blaming for making 'wrong' food choices @ #EUAgriFoodDays. Luckily @BasDefossez sets the record straight: consumer choices are heavily shaped by commercial actors (industry, retail).
More on how in @beuc @Act4AnimalsEU @EPHA_EU report 👇
https://t.co/DzaaQgmqOK

[European Environmental Bureau @Green_Europe]

🎉🌱Happy #WorldSoilDay!🪱✨

But why does it matter? Well, one good reason: #soil is literally the foundation of life as we know it..
🥕providing 95% of our food
💧filtering and storing water
🧑‍🌾protecting farmer livelihoods

But soil isn’t invincible🧵👇
https://t.co/Ie0Hw3aWQh

[European Environmental Bureau @Green_Europe]

🧐 When politics trumps science, what’s at stake? #SaveTheWolf
Can farmers and environmentalists ever agree on restoring nature?
🎙️ Hear @BasDefossez unpack the battles of EU environmental policymaking on the latest Tommy's Outdoors podcast.
🎧 Tune in: https://t.co/1Q1UZH4bmR

[Faustine Bas-Defossez @BasDefossez]

Politics and demagogy trumping science is what we have seen with the unfounded attacks against wolves which resulted in sentencing many of them to death in the Bern Convention meeting . The problem with that dangerous game is that in the end everybody will lose from it... 👇

[European Environmental Bureau @Green_Europe]

🧐 When politics trumps science, what’s at stake? #SaveTheWolf
Can farmers and environmentalists ever agree on restoring nature?
🎙️ Hear @BasDefossez unpack the battles of EU environmental policymaking on the latest Tommy's Outdoors podcast.
🎧 Tune in: https://t.co/1Q1UZH4bmR

[Faustine Bas-Defossez @BasDefossez]

Welcome again to the new
@EU_Commission! My organisation @Green_Europe did some research for you and found that water in your hometowns is polluted by toxic #PFAS .We can't stop drinking but you have the POWER to stop our poisoning by banning PFAS! #BanPFAS #ToxicFreeFuture👇

[European Environmental Bureau @Green_Europe]

🇪🇺 New @EU_Commission

☣️Increasing and unregulated use of PFAS in industry and consumer products has led to widespread contamination in Europe

💦Water is one of the main human exposure pathways to #foreverchemicals

🚨EU #PFAS restriction is an urgent priority

[Faustine Bas-Defossez @BasDefossez]

yes: @lgewessler demonstrated on the @NatureRestorationLaw that she is a true leader who cares about general interest and the future of our children

[Tommy's Outdoors @outdoorspodcast]

@Green_Europe @BasDefossez The Nature Restoration Law, though somewhat weakened from its original form, has been successfully adopted. The Austrian Environment Minister emerged as a hero for supporting it despite political pressure, prioritising long-term survival over political gain. 6/9

[European Environmental Bureau @Green_Europe]

🔴Live

Are you following #POLITICOSustainableWeek? Then tune in now for a discussion on what the EU's largest budget can do to support farmers, nature and future #FoodSecurity – featuring the EEB's own @BasDefossez 🧵👇
https://t.co/8DB2ceMu2f

[Camille Perrin @Perrin_Cam]

“The #CAP is the symptom rather than the disease - the disease is our current #FoodSystem”, @Green_Europe’s @BasDefossez tells #POLITICOSustainableWeek. “Yet it is an important tool that needs to be overhauled”.