In today’s State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, hid behind glossy rhetoric the bleak reality of the Union – in particular in the agriculture, food and energy sectors. “Words are good, deeds are better,” the President underlined, at a time when farmers are experiencing deeds that run […]
Farm Europe regrets today’s plenary vote on the extension of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to downstream goods, which confirmed the deletion of Article 27a. Farm Europe counts on the Council and the Commission to defend this provision in the course of the interinstitutional negotiations, and beyond to urgently set a new decarbonation strategy for […]
Eat Europe and Farm Europe welcome the recent inclusion of a specific provision on food in the proposed Public Procurement Act, just released. We have always advocated for public procurement as one of the most effective tools available to public authorities to drive healthier, higher-quality food systems. Public canteens — particularly in schools and hospitals […]
The map of the 2026 climate impacts on EU agricultural systems almost entirely overlaps with the long-term trends observed in recent years. 2026 is a year of climate extremes – excess water, extreme temperatures, and drought affecting 70% of agricultural land within the same year. The European Union is not being caught by surprise by […]
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 […]