Farm Europe welcomes the European Parliament’s letter to President Ursula von der Leyen rejecting the European Commission’s current proposal for the National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPP) as a basis for negotiations. The Parliament’s stance aligns with Farm Europe’s long-standing view that the European Union must maintain strong, distinct policies with clear rules and a […]
Brussels, 23rd October 2025 – After the Council earlier last month, the European Parliament reunited in plenary finally adopted this Thursday the compromise agreement on a Soil Monitoring Directive, marking the end of the legislative process. The MEPs rejected the amendments rejecting the Council’s position with 341 votes against, 220 in favour and 10 abstentions, […]
Brussels, 21st October 2025 – As every year, the European Commission presented earlier this week its work programme for the year 2026. The programme, named “Europe’s independent moment”, highlights the flagship policy and legislative initiatives that will be proposed in the year ahead. On agriculture, the Commission announced two main new initiatives for the upcoming […]
The European Wine Day 2025 brought together over 100 participants today at the headquarters of the Région Grand Est in Strasbourg. This successful event gathering winemakers, stakeholders and policymakers from across Europe, was an occasion to make an appeal for a proudly wine-producing Europe and build a common and shared vision of the policies needed […]
Farm Europe and Eat Europe call on the European Parliament rapporteur, Mr. Mato, not to give in to opposing pressures and to continue defending European rice growers without hesitation or compromise. The rice sector has welcomed the openness shown for over a month by the European institutions toward the automatic activation of the safeguard clause […]
Farm Europe takes note of the European Commission’s statement on the EU budget (MFF), emphasising its openness to dialogue and to listen. Unfortunately, since the strategic dialogue on agriculture, European farmers have become accustomed to this mode of communication from the European Commission, which, under the leadership of its President, Ursula von der Leyen, has neither heard […]
Farm Europe and Eat Europe welcome the step forward to strengthen farmers’ position in the agrifood supply chain and to defend transparency and consumer protection, after the adoption by the European Parliament today of the report of MEP Céline Imart, amending the single Common Market Organisation reform. Following the adoption of the Council’s position on […]
Since July, the European Commission has been on the defensive, trying to justify President Ursula von der Leyen’s decision to merge, into a single fund, the Regional and National Partnership Plan (NRPP), the EU’s traditional policies, the CAP and Cohesion, and several others (fisheries, social fund, climate, etc.). To defend this move, the Commission attempts […]
While the European Commission announced that “the EU-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) will open unprecedented access to Indonesia for European farmers and food producers”, Farm Europe raises serious doubts. The main expected impact is on Indonesian palm oil exports that will benefit from a tariff free TRQ and a 3% tariff out of quota. […]
The European Commission published, on the 17th of September, the draft national allocations of the Common Agricultural Policy, for the period 2028-2034 in the context of the ongoing negotiations of the next multi-annual financial framework. Overall, the European Commission is proposing a multi-speed effort to the budget reduction proposal. Given the stated desire by the […]