What is new in the latest text of the EU-Mercosur agreement
The Commission has reached a revised EU-Mercosur Agreement in December 2024, which presents some changes regarding the previous 2019 Agreement....
BioMonitor4CAP: Tools to Monitor Agro-Biodiversity and Guide EU Sustainable Agricultural Policies
Since 2022, Farm Europe has been actively participating in the BioMonitor4CAP project, funded by the Horizon Europe research and innovation...
AGRI Council: The misleading concept of “green proteins”
The EU urgently needs a strategy on plant-based proteins. However this work must aim at increasing EU strategic autonomy, not...
Food is coming from farmers, not from labs!
It is not acceptable that misleading narratives are leading the debate around the sustainable livestock sector, influencing European Commission and...
Deforestation: Farm Europe welcomes a simplification for EU farmers, keeping the level of ambition untouched
Posted on 14/11/202414/11/2024 – Posted by Farm Europe The European Parliament made a positive step forward in its vote on...
Regulation on imported deforestation (EUDR): reducing red tape on EU farmers while keeping the overall ambition is possible!
The regulation on deforestation (2023/1115) is a cornerstone for trade reciprocity, sustainability, and fair value chains for agriculture and food...
A Trump presidency can have a big impact on agriculture and on the green deal
The upcoming second Trump Presidency can have dramatic consequences on EU agriculture, trough trade and policy impacts. What comes immediately...
EU/Mercosur: the agriculture section, incompatible with EU political coherence
Posted on 05/11/202405/11/2024 – Posted by Farm Europe While the pressure on EU negotiators to close the Mercosur deal is...
Financial perspectives 2028-34 for the European Union: the commission’s initial ideas raise questions
In preparing the financial perspectives for the period 2028-2034, the European Commission is indulging in its favourite exercise: on the...
What’s true for milk must also be true for meat!
Following our assessment of the Court of Justice statement on Meat Denominations, Farm Europe launches a Call for Action to...
Agriculture Commissioner : All ingredients for a new positive impetus
The structure of the new European Commission represents a promising step forward to open a new chapter of European policy...
Strohschneider report: a missed opportunity to give farm to fork a new direction
Posted on 04/09/202404/09/2024 – Posted by Farm Europe The Strategic Dialogue group launched by the European Commission has delivered its...
Farm Europe highlights that EU agriculture sovereignty is still to be built
Today, Farm Europe presents its Sustainable Food Systems Indicator (*) at the opening of the 7th Global Food Forum, in...
New Breeding Techniques : a good news for farmers, tarnished by a request for labelling
Posted on 07/02/202407/02/2024 – Posted by Farm Europe With 307 votes in favour 263 against and 41 abstentions the report...
Europe: it’s urgent to say what you expect from your farmers!
Farmers are demonstrating their dismay all over Europe, exhausted by standards and financially drained, while the value of CAP compensation...
Eat Europe stands by the farmers
Brussels, 1st February 2024 – Luxembourg Square, in front of the European Parliament has been occupied today by thousands of farmers,...
Strategic dialogue: getting back on track with good news for EU farmers
The President of the European Commission today launched the work of the strategic dialogue on agriculture. This debate comes at...
Lab-Grown Food – EU Ministers confirm that the Novel Food regulation is not fit for purpose
Brussels, 23rd January 2024 – Yesterday’s discussions held at the EU AGRIFISH Council on the “CAP´s role in safeguarding high...
IED: a need for consistency and collective work
Posted on 30/11/202330/11/2023 – Posted by Farm Europe The European institutions reached, yesterday, a provisional deal on the revision of...
NGTs: NGOs and retailers react to proposal
Posted on 20/11/202320/11/2023 – Posted by Farm Europe The proposals put forward by the EPP rapporteur for the European Parliament’s...
Nature Restoration Law: a provisional agreement covering agricultural land
Four months after the vote in plenary, the Trilogue of 9 November marks the end of the negotiations on the...
Opening of the European Wine Day 2023 in Toulouse
Posted on 27/10/202327/10/2023 – Posted by Farm Europe Today, Toulouse, the European capital of European wine in 2023, hosts ‘The...
Time for a bold protein strategy for Europe
Posted on 19/10/202319/10/2023 – Posted by Farm Europe In a significant move, the European Parliament has endorsed its own initiative...
Geographical indications: Parliament’s position shall be taken seriously by the EU presidency
Posted on 11/10/202311/10/2023 – Posted by Farm Europe Negotiations on EU geographical indications have hit an unexpected snag in the...
Sustainable Pesticide Use: a step in the right direction from the Parliament
Posted on 10/10/202310/10/2023 – Posted by Farm Europe “Agriculture Committee Approves Ms Aguilera’s Report with ambitious targets while minimizing bureaucratic...
Farm to Fork polices & initiatives
Posted on 04/10/202304/10/2023 – Posted by Farm Europe In her State of the Union address, President von der Leyen paid...
NGTs: EU unconcerned about IP rights
Posted on 04/10/202304/10/2023 – Posted by Farm Europe While the EU is engaged in comprehensive discussions regarding the most efficient...
Glyphosate: let’s not undermine the confidence in EU institutions, neither the internal market
Posted on 22/09/202322/09/2023 – Posted by Farm Europe Farm Europe is often questioned on the issue of glyphosate. We do...
Agriculture: a priority for the Commission to be confirmed via a strategic dialogue
Posted on 13/09/202313/09/2023 – Posted by Farm Europe For the first time in her mandate – and on the occasion...
Wine – Periodic news
Posted on 05/09/202305/09/2023 – Posted by Farm Europe Highlights of July-August: – The wine industry and a number of producer...
Livestock in the EU – Periodic news
The European elections scheduled for June 2024 are already influencing policy-making in the European Union. Any directives or regulations that...
Long term solutions needed to cope with the surge of imports from Ukraine
Yesterday, Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski intervened in the Agriculture Committee on the situation on the European cereals market in relation...
NGTs: different reactions to the NGTs regulation proposal
Posted on 26/07/202326/07/2023 – Posted by Farm Europe On the 5th of July, the European commission presented a proposal for...
Restoring nature: a major setback for VP Frans Timmermans
Whatever the outcome of the vote on the Nature Restoration Law in Strasbourg tomorrow, the situation of extreme polarisation of...
Positive NGTs proposal, very weak assessment on pesticides
In the context of today’s adoption of the Sustainable use of key natural resources package, Farm Europe welcomes the European...
Livestock in the UE – Periodic news
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has adopted its position on the proposed revision of the IED Directive. The thresholds adopted...
NGTs : a step in the right direction by the European Commission
The publication of the proposal for a « Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on plants obtained by certain...
Nature Restoration: a judicialisation of green policies
At a time when the vote on the Nature Restoration Law in the European Parliament’s Environment Committee has taken a...
New genomic techniques: EU postpones NGTs proposal
While Italy granted its approval on May 30th for field testing NGTs for experimental purposes, and the upcoming Spanish EC...
Are anti-erosion measures fair play for farmers in Wallonia?
In response to criticisms related to the complexity of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its disconnection from reality, the...
