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 […]
Eat Europe and Farm Europe are calling on Members of the European Parliament to support crucial amendments to the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) revision ahead of the 28 April plenary vote, warning that the proposed safeguard mechanism for the EU rice sector risks being ineffective in its current form. While the reform introduces an […]
Today, the European Commission published its AccelerateEU Energy Union Communication, setting out an action plan to tackle the energy price crisis triggered notably by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz as a consequence of the ongoing conflict in Iran. Farm Europe welcomes several key elements of this Communication that have a direct impact on […]
Farm Europe and Eat Europe warmly welcome the adoption by the Council, today, of its position at first reading on the New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), paving the way for its final adoption by the Parliament. “NGTs are very much needed and farmers are ready to exploit their full potential, we cannot afford further delays or […]
In the context of the discussion on the EU Plan on Cardiovascular health, and the current debate on the European Parliament Non-Legislative Initiative (INI) on cardiovascular diseases, Eat Europe and Farm Europe sent a letter to all members of the EP Committee on Public Health, calling on European institutions to address the issue of alcohol […]