Delegations held an exchange of views on the Presidency progress report. European Agriculture Ministers broadly welcomed the report, saying that it accurately reflects the state of play in negotiations on the CAP reform package, while simplifications introduced for the New Delivery Model (performance clearance & average unit amounts) were going in the right direction. There […]
Wine news continues to be marked in this June by the Covid-19 pandemic and the response at European and national levels to respond to the crisis. The European Parliament has approved one set of exceptional market measures; the other, slammed before as insufficient, is still on hold. full note available on FE Members’ area
There is an arm wrestling match between the European Commission and the Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament on delegated acts for exceptional market measures for the wine sector. MEPs objected to one of the acts in order to obtain more ambitious support, notably for the wine and fruit and vegetable sectors. The Commission announced […]
After a presentation of the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies by Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski and Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, agriculture ministers held an exchange of views on these two strategies of the Green Deal. As the Council Presidency explained in its information note, “the Commission highlights the relevance of the […]
This event Innovative Breeding Techniques: the crucial role of sustainable farming to achieve the Green Deal ambitions organised by Agriculture & Progress will take place under the patronage of MEP Paolo De Castro (S&D).
Due to the recent developments in the situation with the COVID-19 (Coronavirus), we regrettably have decided to postpone the event « Seizing the available tools for the European Union to develop winning strategies to halt deforestation » originally scheduled to take place in the European Parliament on the 25th March. The health and safety of […]
The European Commission has presented an ambitious European Recovery Plan and a new Multi-Annual Financial Framework for the 2021-27 period. The new proposals bring in new resources for the agriculture sector as compared to the initial proposal of May 2018, although the total amount of support falls in 2018 constant prices by €34 billion as […]
The impact of the Covid-19 crisis is still unfolding but one lesson can already be learned – we need food security. In some strategically important sectors the lack of domestic availabilities became quite acute, but fortunately agriculture in the EU assured its fundamental role of feeding its citizens. It did not pass unnoticed that in […]