{"id":6620,"date":"2025-11-21T11:17:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=6620"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:17:39","slug":"cop11-day-5-the-eus-internal-battle-spills-into-geneva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/cop11-day-5-the-eus-internal-battle-spills-into-geneva\/","title":{"rendered":"COP11 Day 5: The EU\u2019s Internal Battle Spills Into Geneva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As negotiations stretch into their fifth day at COP11, it\u2019s becoming increasingly clear that the biggest fights are within the EU itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a report by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/news\/cop11-ngos-push-eu-countries-for-last-minute-common-stance-on-tobacco-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Euractiv<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, several EU countries have accused the European Commission and the Danish COP Presidency of <\/span><b>trying to push bans on vaping and other safer nicotine alternatives \u201cthrough the back door\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Geneva, despite a formal agreement that the EU would not take a global position on such bans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pressure appears to centre around Article 4.5 of the COP11 agenda, which encourages countries to introduce stricter regulation or bans on tobacco, e-cigarettes, and novel nicotine products. <\/span><b>The Commission is reportedly urging EU states to adopt a more ambitious stance, while Italy, Greece, and Poland are pushing back hard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and standing up for national competence, proportionality, and the need to base decisions on evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This internal EU rift is a significant development. It shows that not all EU countries are willing to follow WHO-led prohibitionist strategies, especially when those strategies ignore local realities and scientific evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This fight isn\u2019t just about COP11. <\/span><b>It\u2019s a preview of what\u2019s to come as the EU prepares to revise the Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) and Tobacco Products Directive (TPD).<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If the European Commission is willing to defy internal consensus and push bans internationally, what can we expect behind closed doors in Brussels?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Member States will need to remain vigilant. The TED and TPD reviews will shape nicotine regulation in Europe for years to come \u2014 and the pressure to align with WHO-style bans will only intensify. COP11 has shown how some institutions are willing to bypass democracy and agreement to pursue ideology. <\/span><b>The same could happen at EU level unless transparency, scientific scrutiny, and Member State leadership prevail.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At a conference already shaken by growing dissent, this latest episode confirms that resistance is real \u2014 and it\u2019s growing. Not only are countries like New Zealand speaking out publicly in favour of harm reduction, but now EU Member States themselves are refusing to be steamrolled by ideological positions coming from Brussels and Geneva.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COP11 is exposing the cracks in the global anti-nicotine playbook, and the crisis of legitimacy now brewing inside the institutions pushing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/cop11-media-pack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can find more background information.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As negotiations stretch into their fifth day at COP11, it\u2019s becoming increasingly clear that the biggest fights are within the EU itself. 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