The European Commission has presented an ambitious European Recovery Plan and a new Multi-annual Financial Framework for the period 2021-27. The new proposals provide new resources for the agricultural sector compared to the initial proposal of May 2018, although the total amount of support decreases at constant prices by €34 billion (2018 value) compared to […]
In June, the news was marked by the position taken by German Green MPs in favour of the use of biotechnologies and the inclusion of this subject in the party’s draft basic program. In Italy, scientists and farmers signed an agreement for the preservation of genetic diversity and the improvement of the productivity of cultivated […]
Pushed by the European Parliament, the Commission has finally adopted a new package of exceptional measures for the wine sector. It also launched two calls for proposals for promotion programmes for fruit and vegetables, wine, milk and dairy products, potatoes and live plants. On the other hand, it issued a refusal to the request to […]
Delegations held an exchange of views on the Presidency progress report. European Agriculture Ministers broadly welcomed the report, saying that it accurately reflects the state of play in negotiations on the CAP reform package, while simplifications introduced for the New Delivery Model (performance clearance & average unit amounts) were going in the right direction. There […]
Wine news continues to be marked in this June by the Covid-19 pandemic and the response at European and national levels to respond to the crisis. The European Parliament has approved one set of exceptional market measures; the other, slammed before as insufficient, is still on hold. full note available on FE Members’ area
There is an arm wrestling match between the European Commission and the Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament on delegated acts for exceptional market measures for the wine sector. MEPs objected to one of the acts in order to obtain more ambitious support, notably for the wine and fruit and vegetable sectors. The Commission announced […]
After a presentation of the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies by Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski and Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, agriculture ministers held an exchange of views on these two strategies of the Green Deal. As the Council Presidency explained in its information note, “the Commission highlights the relevance of the […]
The month of May was marked by the unveiling of the new Multiannual Financial Framework including the stimulus package. Although this package improves the 2018 budget proposal, it represents a reduction of €34 billion for the CAP compared to the current programming period (-8/9%). full note available on FE’s Members area
May was marked as follows: At the level of the European Parliament, the Agriculture Committee’s mandate for the transitional regulation was adopted by the plenary and trialogue negotiations have started. The European Commission presented its Farm to Fork and Biodiversity It described them as “compatible” with the 2018 CAP reform proposal. ComAgri has asked for […]
In May, the European Union unveiled its Farm to Fork strategy, the agri-food component of its Green Deal. Genetic engineering is timidly included, with reference to the European Commission’s ongoing study on the potential of new genomic techniques to improve sustainability throughout the food supply chain. In the United Kingdom, the Parliament is lobbying the […]