Farm Europe is a think tank that aims to stimulate thinking on rural economies in the European Union. The think tank focuses on all policy areas that impact on rural business with a strong emphasis on agriculture and food policies, particularly the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), but also food standards, the food chain, environment, energy and trade issues.
In March, EASAC, the Scientific Advisory Council of European Academies, called for a radical reform of the legal framework for...
March was marked as follows: At the level of the European Parliament, measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic have stopped...
Posted on 06/04/2020 - Posted by Farm Europe The month of March was marked by: – At the level of...
The widespread crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a first set of decisions at national and...
The Covid-19 crisis is already impacting agriculture in a number of ways: cross-border flows of agriculture goods face delays, and...
Europe is calling for measures to mitigate the disastrous impact of the COVID-19 and the European biofuels industry is answering...
Although the Council of March 23 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the agriculture ministers of the 27 nevertheless...
Before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic we were working on the hypothesis that the transition period, mostly for UK...
The month of February was marked by the failure of EU leaders to reach an agreement on the EU’s 2021-2027...
Posted on 09/03/202009/03/2020 - Posted by Farm Europe February was marked as follows: Following the work of rapporteur Elsi Katainen,...
In February, the European Commission launched a consultation on NBTs as part of a study it wants to finalise by...
Posted on 06/03/2020 - Posted by Farm Europe The European Union Regulation for the promotion of EU wine entered into...
INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to identify the key issues in the post-Brexit EU-UK trade relations, as a...
Posted on 11/02/202011/02/2020 - Posted by Farm Europe The new European Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides said that a proposal on...
Posted on 11/02/202011/02/2020 - Posted by Farm Europe This month of January will have seen an increase in expenditure on...
Posted on 10/02/202010/02/2020 - Posted by Farm Europe -In its report unveiled on 5 December 2019, the European Court of...
Last weeks were notably marked by: In the Member States, a coalition was formed to secure the current levels of...
Last weeks were marked as follows: – At EU Council level, delegations (i) broadly approved the idea of a common...
Highlights of first Agri-Fish Council under the Croatian Presidency. 1/ Prior to the presentation of the new Presidency’s priorities, the...
The WTO suffered two successive blows: the Appellate Body is paralyzed and the US-China trade deal is a major departure...
The WTO suffered two successive blows: the Appellate Body is paralyzed and the US-China trade deal is a major departure...
In a nutshell: -Views over the progress report on the Post-2020 CAP reform package —> At the opening of this last...
In November 2019, the European Council took a formal decision inviting the Commission “to submit, by 30 April 2021 at...
The last few weeks have been marked by American sanctions that have particularly affected European wine trade. After an initial...
We have written before on the issue, underlining the difference of treatment between farmers in the US and the EU....
PRESS RELEASE GLOBAL FOOD FORUM DEFINES ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR A TRULY EFFICIENT CAP REFORM WITHIN THE GREEN DEAL...
PRESS RELEASETHE 4TH EDITION OF THE GLOBAL FOOD FORUM ABOUT TO KICK OFF « Time to declare an economic, social...
Posted on 25/11/201925/11/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Whether only three of them meeting in an informal way or all...
In a nutshell: -CAP Reform Package —> The Presidency recalled that delegations to the Council in July were mostly in favor...
Posted on 18/11/201918/11/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe October was marked as follows: On the EU Council side, Ministers reiterated...
1) This month started with the WTO announcement on 2 October over the U.S-EU Airbus subsidies case. The U.S. has...
A department reporting to the French Prime minister tabled last week a report proposing to consider a switch from 1st...
“Consumers today want it all: healthy, tasty, convenient, sustainable and affordable food. Sustainability and traceability are key requirements but very...
In a nutshell: —> The Finnish Presidency‘s intention is to pursue the technical discussion & the two forthcoming ‘Agriculture and Fisheries Council’ meetings...
THE HEAVILY IMPACTED AGRICULTURE SECTOR SHOULD GET MUCH NEEDED HELP The US retaliation list has been published, and as unfortunately...
We are now barely 3 weeks before the (latest) deadline for Brexit, which should concentrate minds, in particular of those...
Posted on 03/10/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe This month some interesting news that worth more than a look come...
Posted on 03/10/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe First of all a quick look at the 2019 harvest forecasts for...
The “hot autumn” for trade that we predicted in a previous post gets dangerously close, as it would seem the...
The EU is well aware of the situation and is committed to act against it. Just recently the European Commission...
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