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...
The future of Europe needs to stay anchored on a properly funded Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
Farm Europe calls for a strong budget for agriculture in the upcoming MFF negotiations Brussels – As the European Union approaches...
Farm Europe Welcomes Council’s Adoption of NGTs Negotiating Mandate
Posted on 14/03/202514/03/2025 – Posted by Farm Europe Brussels, 14 March 2025 – Farm Europe warmly welcomes the Council’s adoption of...
More & Better: no clean industrial deal without a stronger EU agriculture
Today, the European Commission adopted its Clean Industrial Deal. Presenting the roadmap and main policy initiatives to follow, the Executive...
Shadows on the future MFF blur the vision for agriculture and food
The Vision for Agriculture and Food presented today by the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen, aims to...
Farm Europe outlines its key priorities to agriculture to Commissioner Hansen
Posted on 12/02/202512/02/2025 – Posted by Farm Europe Today, Luc Vernet, Secretary General of Farm Europe together with Ettore Prandini,...
EU budget: agriculture needs clarity and ambition
Posted on 12/02/202512/02/2025 – Posted by Farm Europe While the European Commission adopted its first milestone ahead of the negotiation...
Beating Cancer Plan: a different approach on wine needed, ultra-processed products’ are missing.
Farm Europe and Eat Europe express deep concerns regarding the recent proposal outlined in the Commission Staff Working Document published...
Building an extended European Network of coordinated observatories for AgroBiodiversity Monitoring
Posted on 06/01/202506/01/2025 – Posted by Farm Europe Since 2022 Farm Europe has been actively participating in the BioMonitor4CAP project,...
After the wine, a high-level group on sustainable livestock is needed
The recommendations adopted earlier this week by the EU High-Level Group on Wine highlight the tangible benefits of a multi-stakeholder approach, as...
Impact of EU enlargement to Ukraine: a comparative analysis of the main agricultural crop sectors
Sugar The organisation and competitiveness of the Ukrainian sugar sector is very different from that in Europe: agro-holdings, huge vertically...
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...
