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 […]

Farm Europe welcomes today’s adoption by the European Commission of an EU strategy on livestock, setting out a long-awaited and much-needed long-term vision.  The commitment shown by Commissioner Christophe Hansen is to be commended: this communication marks a major change of direction for the European Commission following years of negative messaging. It recognises that, to […]

Farm Europe calls on the European Commission to unlock sustainable and deforestation-free EU crops in the post-2030 Renewable Energy Directive Over the last 25 years, the European Union has shifted barely 10% of its transport energy away from fossil fuels. It now intends to deliver the remaining 90% within the next 25 — a pace […]

Today, Ireland assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the period until 31 December 2026. Under the slogan “Strength with Unity,” the Irish Presidency is committed to advancing European competitiveness, upholding European values, and strengthening European security. While welcoming the Presidency’s commitment to a common, stable and fair Common Agricultural Policy […]

Farm Europe and Eat Europe have called on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to reverse the proposed 50% reduction in the 2027 budget for the EU agricultural promotion policy, warning that the cut would undermine the competitiveness of European farmers and agri-food businesses at a time of growing global uncertainty. In a joint […]

Farm Europe intervened today at the ComAgri Public Hearing on a new funding structure for the CAP, reflecting on the consequences for farmers and national authorities. Against this backdrop, our Secretary General, Luc Vernet, welcomed the political ambition, widely shared within the European Parliament, in favour of an autonomous, common and well-funded agricultural policy. But […]