August 2003, The ’Green Eight’ criticises the Constitutional Text

A group of eight leading environmental groups have criticised the draft EU constitution ahead of the intergovernmental debate on the blueprint due to start in October.

They suggest big amendments to the Union’s main policies such as agriculture.

The other main fault, the group finds, is the fact that the Euratom treaty dating from 1957 at a time when nuclear energy was "was perceived as a safe energy source" is included in the draft constitution.

’Green Eight’ consists of Birdlife International, Climate Action Network Europe, European Environmental Bureau, Friends of the Earth Europe, International Friends of Nature, Greenpeace International, The European Federation for Transport and Environment, WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature

 "Towards a Green EU Constitution"