Farm Europe and Eat Europe express serious concerns regarding the draft third amendment to the German Animal Husbandry Labelling Act – recently notified to the European Commission – which introduces a mandatory classification system with significant implications for intra-EU and international trade. While the objective of improving transparency for consumers is shared, the proposed framework […]
Farm Europe and Eat Europe welcome today’s vote by the European Parliament, which adopted at second reading the Council position at first reading on New Genomic Techniques (NGTs). This step is bringing this long-awaited Regulation to its final adoption. After a long way of negotiation, European farmers will finally have the tools they urgently need […]
Farm Europe acknowledges the Council’s adoption today of a partial general approach on the National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPP) and European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) legislative files. Further work needs to be carried out and deepened in order to fully support European farmers in their transition towards more efficient, resilient and profitable food systems and […]
Farm Europe and EAT Europe welcome the adoption by the European Parliament in Strasbourg of the agreement on the revision of the Common Market Organisation (CMO) regulation, following the successful interinstitutional negotiations led by rapporteur Céline Imart. This vote confirms a major step forward for both farmers and consumers. It strengthens the position of farmers […]
Following the Commissioner’s recent statement to the European Parliament on sustainable biofuels, Farm Europe has written to Commissioner Tzitzikóstas to recall that EU crop-based biofuels should be fully included in the category of sustainable biofuels. They do not carry a high indirect land-use change (ILUC) risk, have not contributed to higher food prices or land […]
Today, the European Commission presented its long-awaited Fertilisers Action Plan. Farm Europe welcomes the recognition by the European Commission of the scale of the challenge and the need for urgent actions. However, key practical elements are missing to send a strong signal to farmers and to the industry such as the level of the most […]
Farm Europe and Eat Europe have addressed a letter to the European Commission raising concerns regarding the import of genetically modified (GM) cane sugar from Brazil and the implications for compliance with EU legislation, traceability standards, and market transparency after the recent provisional entry into force of the EU–Mercosur Agreement. Brazil, the world’s largest producer […]
Farm Europe warmly welcome today’s adoption by the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (COMAGRI) of the draft opinion by MEP Carlo Fidanza on the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF). The ECF constitutes essential additional funding opportunities outside the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) to contribute to the transition to more efficient food systems. It […]
Farm Europe warmly welcomes today’s adoption by the European Parliament 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 vote represents a significant step forward in […]
The European Parliament today adopted its position on the proposals for the European budget for the 2028–2034 period. Starting from the observation that food security is a vital component of the European Union’s strategic autonomy, that the agricultural sector is particularly vulnerable to economic shocks, and that the transition of the European economy towards a […]