Europeans have equal rights as consumers wherever they live. 

That is why we call for a ban on dual food and product standards. Foodstuffs and products sold under the same name have to have the same quality everywhere in the EU. We will tackle dodgy food claims. Food products must not be labelled healthy when they contain too much salt, fat or sugar. Europeans have the right to the same food safety and water quality standards across the continent. We will scale-up preventive action against food waste. Water and sanitation are public goods that must be accessible for all Europeans, both in rural and urban areas. 

The pollution of the air, water, and soils does not stop at national borders. The European Union offers the unique opportunity to set continent-wide rules and standards to protect what we drink, what we eat and what we breathe. The “better regulation” agenda must be used as an opportunity to achieve this with clearer, stronger and more efficient rules, and should never be used as a way to lower regulation standards. We call for a new EU Environment Action Program that shall guide the European Union’s environmental policy for the next years.

Making Europe’s societies and economies more environmentally sound will demand lots of changes to the ways Europeans are used to living, working, producing and consuming. But these efforts are necessary. To benefit all, the transformation must be carefully framed and organised.