The Bioeconomy strategy paves the way for scaling up opportunities for EU farmers and biorefiners
The European Commission adopted today its communication for a European Bioeconomy strategy, which will play a crucial role in the...
The European Parliament opens the door for further simplification of anti-deforestation regulation
Posted on 26/11/202526/11/2025 – Posted by Farm Europe Today, the European Parliament reunited in plenary adopted its amendments to the...
EU-MERCOSUR: a unilateral safeguard clause without teeth
Farm Europe welcomes the decision from the European Parliament to withdraw the urgent procedure concerning the Regulation on the bilateral...
A European Alliance for the Rice Sector: Between Innovation and International Trade, Room for Science and Reciprocity
“European rice urgently needs innovation to develop varieties that are increasingly resistant to climate change, as well as automatic safeguard...
President Von der Leyen’s Proposals: The Sunset Boulevard of Europe and the CAP
Since the presentation of the MFF proposal on 16 July, it has been clear — and widely recognized within the...
NRPP: The European Commission deaf to the European Parliament and farmers’ demands
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has hinted at a few minimalist concessions she might consider...
NRPPs : The European Parliament rejects Commission’s proposal and demands an amended text
Posted on 30/10/202530/10/2025 – Posted by Farm Europe Farm Europe welcomes the European Parliament’s letter to President Ursula von der...
The EU takes an important step towards soil preservation
Posted on 23/10/202523/10/2025 – Posted by Farm Europe Brussels, 23rd October 2025 – After the Council earlier last month, the...
Agenda 2026: ambitious actions for farmers and the bioeconomy needed
Brussels, 21st October 2025 – As every year, the European Commission presented earlier this week its work programme for the...
European Wine Day 2025: Europe needs to be proud of its wine !
The European Wine Day 2025 brought together over 100 participants today at the headquarters of the Région Grand Est in...
Safeguard clause on rice: a call for responsibility to defend European rice growers
Posted on 22/10/202522/10/2025 – Posted by Farm Europe Farm Europe and Eat Europe call on the European Parliament rapporteur, Mr....
European Parliament backs the strengthening of farmers’ position in the agrifood supply chain
Farm Europe and Eat Europe welcome the step forward to strengthen farmers’ position in the agrifood supply chain and to...
Regional and National Partnership Plans: The Great Smoke Screen
Since July, the European Commission has been on the defensive, trying to justify President Ursula von der Leyen’s decision to...
EU farmers have very little to win from the EU/Indonesia FTA
While the European Commission announced that “the EU-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) will open unprecedented access to Indonesia for...
The Netherlands substantially increases its share of the CAP allocation
The European Commission published, on the 17th September, the draft national allocations of the Common Agricultural Policy, for the period...
SOTEU: what President von der Leyen failed to say on the state of EU agriculture
The European Commission’s President, Ursula von der Leyen, delivered this morning her annual State of the Union address (SOTEU) to...
Words Matter : the COMAGRI Vote on meat denominations is a win for both farmers and consumers
Farm Europe and Eat Europe warmly welcome today’s adoption by the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (COMAGRI)...
COMAGRI : A step forward to strengthen farmers’ position in the agrifood supply chain
Farm Europe welcomes the breakthrough to strengthen farmers’ position in the agrifood supply chain, after the vote, by the Committee...
EU-MERCOSUR Agreement: another attempt to undermine European agriculture, sustainability, and policy coherence
As the European Commission reportedly prepares to present the EU-Mercosur agreement for ratification tomorrow, Farm Europe and Eat Europe strongly...
Farm Europe Warns: EU–US Trade Deal Tilts the Balance Against Europe’s Farmers
ANALYSIS NOTE The EU-US trade agreement reached in August by Presidents von der Leyen and Trump departs from the usual...
Joint Statement on a United States-European Union framework on a trade agreement: agriculture footed the bill
The European Commission today presented the joint statement on the framework for trade between the US and the EU. The...
CAP Reform – CMO Proposal: A Step Forward in Protecting Meat Product Names, A Positive Signal for Consumers and Livestock Farmers
Farm Europe and EAT Europe welcome the European Commission’s proposal to introduce clear principles for the protection of meat product...
O núcleo da soberania agrícola da UE visado por cortes nos apoios
The choice of how to distribute Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) aid is the main lever for action under this policy,...
Fundo Único e PAC: Von der Leyen trai os agricultores da UE
Timmermans dreamed it, von der Leyen did it. If the European Commission had wanted to fuel populism and misunderstanding in...
A weaker CAP : this is not our Europe
How can President von der Leyen even consider diluting the CAP budget into a single fund, with other policies that...
Agriculture & food diplomacy calls for a strong and fully dedicated budget
Ettore Prandini, President of the Strategic Committee of Farm Europe and President of Coldiretti (Italy), addressed the European Parliament’s Agriculture...
Do not sell out European agriculture!
On the 9th of July, Farm Europe signed the declaration proposed by Polish Farmers organisations calling for a strong, autonomous...
Life Sciences Strategy: Promotion of Ultra-Processed Foods and Profit-Driven Logic Put Public Health at Risk
Following the adoption of the new European Life Sciences Strategy, Eat Europe and Farm Europe express deep concern over the...
A very large consensus on the need to protect meat denominations
The EU ministers for agriculture sent, today, a very clear signal to the European Commission on the need to urgently...
GSP: the automatic safeguard clause on rice must be defended
Ahead of the final trilogue negotiations, Farm Europe and Eat Europe, with the farmers organisations representing the European rice producers...
Farm Europe and Eat Europe call for clarity on meat denominations: joint letter sent to Commissioner Várhelyi
Words matter! Farm Europe and Eat Europe have sent a joint letter to EU Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare,...
GSP Regulation Revision: Farm Europe calls for the defence of the automatic safeguard clause on rice
Producer countries’ organisations urge compliance with the European Parliament’s negotiating mandate ahead of a possible final trilogue Ahead of the...
Water Resilience Strategy Falls Short on Ensuring Access to Water for Agriculture
On June 4 the European Commission unveiled its Water Resilience Strategy, pursuing the triple objective of: Restoring and protecting the...
US-UK Trade deal
The US and the UK announced yesterday that they had concluded a trade deal. Little is known about its nitty...
Simplification, finally
PRESS RELEASE BRUSSELS, 14 May 2025 — Many have talked about simplifying the CAP, but very few have taken action. Farm...
Forum 2025: The Urgency of a Recovery Plan for European Agricultural Production
On the occasion of the Global Food Forum opening on May 12th — marking its 10th anniversary — Farm Europe...
Balanced diet, economy, environment: livestock farming is an opportunity for Europe
Farm Europe welcomes the European Commission’s announcement of the launch of a dedicated work stream on livestock farming and wishes...
Wine Package: an important step forward, dialogue must continue
The proposal presented today by the European Commission represents a necessary and positive response to the crisis currently affecting the...
The EU must defend its agriculture offensive interests
It is now highly likely that the US decision to reinstate import duties on steel and alumina from the EU,...
125 organisations call for a new impetus in the EU food policy, valorising livestock farming
Posted on 26/03/202526/03/2025 – Posted by Farm Europe Farm Europe is delighted to have signed and sent, on behalf of...
