Farm Europe presents new study on water resilience at the European Parliament on 8 September Following another summer of severe drought, extreme heat and growing pressure on water resources, Farm Europe is repeatedly calling for a shift from crisis management to prevention, resilience and investment to strengthen the competitiveness of European agriculture. And this can […]
Farm Europe welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of targeted amendments to simplify the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), in particular the clarification related to cattle that should not be included in the scope of this regulation, neither be assessed by the European Commission in this context, and the […]
Eat Europe and Farm Europe warmly welcome the entry into force, as of 3 September, of the European Commission’s decision excluding Brazil from the list of Countries authorised to export products of animal origin to the European Union unless compliance with European rules on the use of antimicrobials can be demonstrated. This is an important […]
As negotiations on the 2028–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) enter a decisive phase, Farm Europe is launching its CAP 2028–2034 Budget Simulator: an interactive online tool that allows decision makers, analysts and farmers alike to model the financial architecture of the future CAP and to measure, […]
One week after releasing the Delegated Act of the EU Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming framework, the European Commission has, today, presented its Emissions Trading System revision, committing only to assess — in a 2034 review — the possibility of selling carbon farming credits on the ETS market and allowing Member States to mobilise ETS […]
Farm Europe regrets the missed opportunity resulting from today’s vote in the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI), which endorsed compromise amendments maintaining the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) performance framework within the proposed horizontal Regulation on budget expenditure tracking and performance. While the adopted compromise introduces some improvements to the European Commission’s […]
Farm Europe and Eat Europe are closely following negotiations on the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) and welcome the positive progress made in the European Parliament, with the aim to increasingly recognise the strategic role of agriculture and the entire agri-food chain in strengthening Europe’s competitiveness, resilience and security. From the very beginning of the legislative […]
Farm Europe and Eat Europe welcome the strong political message delivered at the latest Agriculture and Fisheries Council, where ten Member States, led by Italy and supported by several other ministers during the debate, called on the European Commission to reverse the proposed cuts to the EU agricultural promotion budget. This initiative confirms the concerns […]
The European Parliament today adopted, by 388 votes in favour, 248 against and 24 abstentions, the objection to the delegated act, which would have classified soy as a high indirect land-use change (ILUC) risk feedstock and phased out its contribution to the EU renewable energy targets by 2030. Farm Europe welcomes this vote, which should […]
Today’s adoption by the European Commission of the EU Protein Plan, a plan for resilience, strategic autonomy and sustainability of the EU protein system, adopted together with the Livestock Strategy is a positive step forward. Farm Europe particularly welcomes the long awaited recognition, by the European Commission, of the role of “Made in Europe” Biofuels […]