
Ref. Ares(2025)600942 - 27/01/2025
Dear
On November 21, 2024, I met with a group of Brazilian civil society organizations (CSOs) and a
representative of an indigenous community from the State of Maranhão, Brazil. These groups had
previously sent a letter (attached to this email) to several EU Commission members, raising
significant concerns about social, legal, and environmental issues related to the GPM project.
Unfortunately, despite our efforts, the draft reply to their letter was not delivered, as
has not yet
sent the response to the CSOs.
During the meeting, we provided an overview of the GPM project, noting that it had been presented
publicly and transparently in multiple EU Global Gateway (GG) meetings held in Berlin and Brussels.
These presentations were limited to outlining the project's basic concept. Both at EU HQ and
colleagues in Brasilia had requested further information to GPM on key aspects, particularly
regarding the application of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles.
However, at the meeting we clarified that the GPM project has not advanced to the stage of
presenting formal ESG studies/impact analysis or financial evaluations. As such, I emphasized that
neither the European Union nor any of its institutions, including the European Investment Bank, has
provided financing or an official endorsement for the GPM project.
Details regarding the complaints and the participants of the meeting are included in the attachments
to this email.
Best regards,