We did it!
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- Published on Wednesday, 23 August 2017 10:30
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Great news: The European Commission just announced they won’t greenlight the Bayer Monsanto merger.
And we made it happen!
Thousands of SumOfUs members around the world bombarded Commissioner Vestager with tweets, emails and postcards raising the alarm about this merger. And Vestager just replied directly to you, saying she shares your concerns.
She'll now open an in-depth probe of the merger. This will take months -- and gives us more time to stop the merger once and for all.
This is a huge victory: for the bees, the environment, our food -- and especially for you.
SumOfUs members opposed this merger from the very beginning -- and built up one of our strongest campaigns ever: more than 700,000 of you signed our petition. And with the generous donations from thousands of SumOfUs members, we were able to pay for: Congressional hearings, our own people-powered lobbyist, and a legal Whitepaper that proves that this merger is illegal.
But the SumOfUs community didn’t stop there: we even took over the whole politico.eu homepage and pressured decision makers in Brussels with our ads:
This powerful message was hard to ignore!
Bayer and Monsanto wanted the EU to quietly approve their merger. But we didn’t let that happen. The SumOfUs community ramped up our campaign and pressured the Commission to first extend its review, and then finally open an in-depth investigation.
This is a crushing defeat for Bayer and Monsanto -- but our fight is far from over. In fact, we will need to work harder than ever in the upcoming months to stop their plans. But with this victory, you have proven once again how strong our community is. And I have no doubts that together, we will stop this merger for good.
Thank you so much for all that you do,
Anne and the team at SumOfUs
PS: If you can, please chip in now to help us fighting the Bayer-Monsanto merger till the end.
More information:
EU Commission starts in-depth probe of Bayer, Monsanto deal, Reuters, August 22, 2017.
Letter from Margrethe Vestager, August 22, 2017.
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