02/07/2025 (Agence Europe) – Greenpeace International believes it has been targeted by SLAPP proceedings brought by US oil pipeline company Energy Transfer, and on Wednesday 2 July it launched a legal response in Amsterdam to defend its freedom of expression. This is the first ‘anti-SLAPP’ proceedings in Europe since the adoption of the European directive in 2024. Energy Transfer had attacked Greenpeace after its support “for the peaceful protests led by indigenous peoples in 2016 against the Dakota Access Pipeline”, says the NGO. According to the company, Energy Transfer is “making billions while polluting our planet with oil and gas”. On Wednesday 2 July, taking advantage of the start of the trial, 40 organisations from fifteen European countries belonging to the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE) called on their governments to transpose the ‘anti-SLAPP’ directive into national law immediately. EU Member States have until 7 May 2026 to do so. (FS)