The European Commission’s proposal addresses the wine sector crisis but requires ongoing dialogue for long-term success. A coherent EU policy approach on trade, promotion, and digitalization is essential for resilience. Supporting open markets and balanced consumer perspectives is key to sustaining the sector’s cultural and economic role.
U.S.-EU trade tensions risk a trade war, with European agriculture impacted. The EU has a trade surplus with the U.S., but key exports like wine and cheese are hard to redirect. Retaliation should target other industries to minimize damage and escalation. The EU must defend its interests while upholding trade rules. A negotiated solution is crucial to protect agriculture and stability.
As the EU approaches one of the most crucial and complex budgetary discussions in recent decades, in a letter sent to all EU Leaders, to the President of the European Council António Costa, and to EC President Ursula von der Leyen, Farm Europe urges EU leaders to prioritize the Common Agricultural Policy and ensure its sustainability amid EU strategic autonomy and other rising challenges.
Today, the European Commission adopted its Clean Industrial Deal. Executive Vice President, Stéphane Séjourné, summarized the ambition as a need to do more and better and create a real business plan, while underlining the will to focus on “Made in Europe.” This new political impetus is a welcome and clear step in the right direction for the European Commission.
The Vision for Agriculture and Food presented today by Commissioner Christophe Hansen aims to show that farmers’ distress, highlighted by major protests a year ago, has been well understood in Brussels. Yet, its concrete implementation remains uncertain, given the Commission’s concerning proposals on the MFF and the overall CAP budget.
As part of the Horizon Europe research and innovation program pf the European Commission, Farm Europe is an active member of the BioMonitor4CAP project, aimed at developing simple and advanced agro-biodiversity monitoring and surveillance systems to support and implement outcome-oriented policies in European agricultural landscapes.
Brussels, 21st March 2024 – Food and agriculture are at the centre of the meeting of the European Council, taking place in Brussels today and tomorrow. In the invitation letter to the Council, President Charles Michel, states that “European farmers have voiced their concerns loud and clear”. Therefore leaders “need to act decisively on the challenges […]
Berlin, 8th February 2024 – Today the President of Eat Europe, Mr Luigi Scordamaglia, participated in a roundtable discussion on “The European Packaging regulation – Benefit or Damage for the Fruits and Vegetables Value Chain?” held at Fruit Logistica, the most important international exhibition for the sector. According to the European Commission the proposed revision […]
Brussels, 1st February 2024 – Luxembourg Square, in front of the European Parliament has been occupied today by thousands of farmers, protesting against a situation that has become unbearable. Germany, France, Italy, Cyprus, Malta, the Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Czech Republic: the list of countries where turmoils are bursting is growing and […]
Brussels, 29th January 2024 – Eat Europe welcomes Arianna Giuliodori as first Executive Director. Her arrival marks the official launch of new operations for the recently born organisation, aiming at driving a sustainable and resilient food systems’ transformation, through an innovative and solid alliance between all actors in Europe: farmers, industry, retailers, academia, and consumers. Before joining Eat […]
