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The European Commission has presented an ambitious European Recovery Plan and a new Multi-Annual Financial Framework for the 2021-27 period.

The impact of the Covid-19 crisis is still unfolding but one lesson can already be learned – we need food security.

En la reunión de Praesidium del COPA-COGECA, a la que asistió el comisario de Agricultura, Wojciechowski, el representante de ASAJA en el Comité de Organizaciones Profesionales Agrarias de la UE y vicepresidente de esta organización, Pedro Gallardo calificó de insuficientes...

Ao examinar o Quadro Financeiro Plurianual da União (QFP) 2021-2027 revisto e o Programa de Recuperação da “Nova Geração da UE”

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today presented her proposals for a revised EU budget for the period 2021-2027 and a recovery plan for

A Comissão Europeia apresentou no dia 20 de maio duas estratégias extremamente ambiciosas. O seu sucesso dependerá dos atores no terreno:

The European Commission has published today its Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its ‘Farm to Fork’ Strategy. In line with the Green Deal, these are presented as a roadmap for further initiatives on preserving and protecting biodiversity and on designing...

By Horacio Gonzalez Aleman, Thoffood – Madrid – May 7, 2020. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, it is difficult to focus on anything else than crisis management. Member States, European Institutions, Trade Associations, are all struggling with urgent...

Readers might think that they have already read about this, but the fact is that in the US a new layer of support to help agriculture cope with the Covid-19 crisis was launched this week. This support package is the...

Comagri MEPs yesterday voted on the position they intend the European Parliament to take in negotiations with the Council (and the Commission) on the CAP transitional provisions until the future CAP reform, which they foresee for 1 January 2023 at...

The US has announced a new package of support to help farmers cope with the brutal Covid-19 crisis. It will include $16 billion in direct payments to livestock producers, fruit and vegetable growers and other sectors, plus $3 billion in...

In all major crisis there is a moment of denial, a moment of blame and a moment of reckoning. We are experiencing a major and unprecedented crisis, a crisis on which states decided to stop economic activity to protect lives....

The Covid19 health crisis has taken hold on the economic sectors with significant effects. These effects are likely to be long-lasting, with a recession threatening the European Union and other world economies. This crisis also highlights the importance of food...

The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the wine trade, both European and non-European. All wine markets are affected. In addition to other things, this month of March have seen more than 50 MEPs asking, via a letter, the European Commission to...

In March, EASAC, the Scientific Advisory Council of European Academies, called for a radical reform of the legal framework for GMOs, and considered that new varietal selection techniques can help, inter alia, to combat social inequalities. Paolo De Castro MEP,...

March was marked as follows: At the level of the European Parliament, measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic have stopped all meetings of the Agriculture Committee. However, negotiations on compromise amendments are continuing. At EU Council level, the meeting on...

Posted on 06/04/2020 - Posted by Farm Europe The month of March was marked by: – At the level of the European Parliament, the exchanges of MEPs in Plenary session after the failure of the European Summit on 21 February,...

  The widespread crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a first set of decisions at national and EU level. Support for the general economy represents a total of 947 billion euros. – At the level of the...

The Covid-19 crisis is already impacting agriculture in a number of ways: cross-border flows of agriculture goods face delays, and in some areas there are not enough workers. These are serious problems. We understand that measures are being taken to...

Europe is calling for measures to mitigate the disastrous impact of the COVID-19 and the European biofuels industry is answering that call of social responsibility without hesitation today. Many of the European biofuel companies have successfully changed their complex manufacturing...

Although the Council of March 23 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the agriculture ministers of the 27 nevertheless met for a video conference on March 25, 2020. In the presence of the President of the Council Marija Vučković...

Before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic we were working on the hypothesis that the transition period, mostly for UK political reasons, would only last till the end of the current year. Covid-19 dramatically changes the landscape. Negotiations between the...

The month of February was marked by the failure of EU leaders to reach an agreement on the EU’s 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Charles Michel’s proposal of an overall level of the MFF 2021-2027 at 1.074% was not unanimously...

Posted on 09/03/202009/03/2020 - Posted by Farm Europe February was marked as follows: Following the work of rapporteur Elsi Katainen, the majority of ComAgri MEPs confirmed the need to extend the one-year transition period proposed by the European Commission by...

In February, the European Commission launched a consultation on NBTs as part of a study it wants to finalise by April 2021. In France, the State Council through a decision, considers that NBTs should be subject to the same clauses...

Posted on 06/03/2020 - Posted by Farm Europe The European Union Regulation for the promotion of EU wine entered into force on 3 February. Rising prices continued to drive down wine sales in the USA.In France, winegrowers are asking for...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to identify the key issues in the post-Brexit EU-UK trade relations, as a preliminary step to shape discussions with the Commission and other decision-makers and stakeholders. In previous papers Farm Europe dwelt at...

Posted on 11/02/202011/02/2020 - Posted by Farm Europe The new European Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides said that a proposal on the regulation of new breeding techniques (NBTs) in plants could be included in the next “Farm to fork” Strategy. At...

Posted on 11/02/202011/02/2020 - Posted by Farm Europe This month of January will have seen an increase in expenditure on wine promotion by the Member States, as well as a declaration by the American and European wine trade calling for...

Posted on 10/02/202010/02/2020 - Posted by Farm Europe -In its report unveiled on 5 December 2019, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) found that although EU agricultural risk management measures have partially achieved their objectives, implementation has been weak and...

Last weeks were notably marked by: In the Member States, a coalition was formed to secure the current levels of the Cohesion Fund in the next MFF. Within the Council, (i) the Finnish Presidency revealed the figures in the MFF negotiating box,...

Last weeks were marked as follows: – At EU Council level, delegations (i) broadly approved the idea of a common % for both CAP pillars for expenditure on climate and environmental measures, while refusing for the time being to determine...

Highlights of  first Agri-Fish Council under the Croatian Presidency. 1/ Prior to the presentation of the new Presidency’s priorities, the Council adopted the European Parliament’s position (PE 1195/19) on financial discipline from 2021 and flexibility between pillars for the year...

The WTO suffered two successive blows: the Appellate Body is paralyzed and the US-China trade deal is a major departure from trade multilateral rules. The impact might not be immediately felt, but it is potentially huge. The Appellate Body is...

The WTO suffered two successive blows: the Appellate Body is paralyzed and the US-China trade deal is a major departure from trade multilateral rules. The impact might not be immediately felt, but it is potentially huge. The Appellate Body is...

In a nutshell: -Views over the progress report on the Post-2020 CAP reform package —>  At the opening of this last round of Council meetings under the Finnish Presidency, the Finnish Minister specified that this progress report on the reform was...

In November 2019, the European Council took a formal decision inviting the Commission “to submit, by 30 April 2021 at the latest, a study in the light of the judgment of the Court of Justice concerning the status of new...

The last few weeks have been marked by American sanctions that have particularly affected European wine trade. After an initial wave of surcharges, the US Bureau of Commerce announced its intention to tax European sparkling wine.World wine production, according to...

We have written before on the issue, underlining the difference of treatment between farmers in the US and the EU. In the US farmers were twice compensated for the losses that accrue from the trade war with China. In the...

PRESS RELEASE GLOBAL FOOD FORUM DEFINES ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR A TRULY EFFICIENT CAP REFORM WITHIN THE GREEN DEAL “Shaping EU agriculture, rural areas and wealth for the next decades” Brussels, 10 December 2019 – The 4th edition of...