In a context of increasingly structural geopolitical tensions—from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to conflicts in the Middle East—the European Union is called upon to strengthen its trade defense instruments to protect strategic productive sectors. In this framework, safeguard measures represent essential tools to ensure fairness and sustainability in global trade. Eat Europe and Farm Europe […]

As the international crisis in the Middle East continues to produce concrete and growing effects on agricultural markets, input costs, and food prices, Eat Europe and Farm Europe observe that the European Union still appears trapped in a phase of analysis and discussion that risks being not only insufficient, but harmful. “At a time when […]

Farm Europe warmly welcome today’s adoption by the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (COMAGRI) of the report by MEP Carlo Fidanza on “how to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases?”. This […]

Farm Europe welcomes the adoption of the Council Conclusions on the European Commission’s Strategic Framework for a Competitive and Sustainable EU Bioeconomy. This constitutes an important step forward in strengthening and scaling Europe’s bioeconomy, unlocking innovation, investment and sustainable European production of biomass. The conclusions rightly place stronger emphasis on the efficient use of biomass, […]

Farm Europe and EAT Europe welcome the provisional agreement reached by the negotiators of the European Parliament, led by the rapporteur Celine Imart, and the Cyprus presidency related to the revision of the Common Market Organisation (CMO) regulation. While the agreement will need to be assessed in the details, the decision to protect key denominations […]

Today, Farm Europe will open the 9th edition of the Global Food Forum, bringing together nearly 200 farmers and their partners across the value chain, in the presence of Ms Annie Genevard, Mr Francesco Lollobrigida, and Mr Stefan Krajewski—respectively the French, Italian, and Polish Ministers of Agriculture—before welcoming Members of the European Parliament: Mr Carlo […]

Asiago, Black Forest Ham, Brie, Camembert, Chorizo, Emmental, Fontina, Gorgonzola, Gouda, Grana, Feta, Kiełbasa, Mortadella, Munster, Pecorino, Parmesan: these are just a few of the European cheeses and meat products that are Geographical Indications (GIs) — or names intrinsically linked to GI systems — protected at EU level and included in the recently signed EU-Mercosur […]

Yesterday, the European Parliament approved the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations on cross-borders unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain.  With 555 votes in favour, none against and 26 abstentions, Members of the European Parliament gave their final approval to new rules requiring national authorities to work together […]

When the European Commission presented its proposals to apply the Green Deal to agriculture, Farm Europe took the lead to point out what they implied for the EU: lower production, higher food costs, less food security, lower exports, lower revenues. That analysis was widely shared. It was followed by a strong reaction from farmers’ organisations […]

This morning the European Parliament adopted the trilogue agreement reached with its co-legislator last December, concerning the European climate law (ECL) amendment introducing a binding intermediate climate target for 2040 of a 90% reduction in net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to 1990 levels. 413 MEPs voted in favour of the text, 226 against, and […]