At a pivotal moment for both the European Union and Ukraine, Farm Europe and the Association “Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” (UCAB) held today an internal workshop bringing together members of both organisations to discuss the role of agriculture and bioeconomy in strengthening Europe’s competitiveness, strategic autonomy and climate ambitions. Held in the margins of the EU–Ukraine […]
Weak Committee on public health’s outcome fails to deliver needed ambition. Following the vote in the European Parliament’s Committee on Public Health, Eat Europe and Farm Europe strongly distance themselves from the adopted report, arguing that it falls far short of the ambition and coherence needed. We welcomed the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan presented by […]
In a letter sent today to Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné ahead of the forthcoming Biotech Act II, and to the Members of the EP committee on Public Health after the publication of the Draft Report on the Biotech Act I, Eat Europe and Farm Europe welcomed the European Commission’s ambition to strengthen Europe’s biotechnology sector […]
Farm Europe and Eat Europe express serious concerns regarding the draft third amendment to the German Animal Husbandry Labelling Act – recently notified to the European Commission – which introduces a mandatory classification system with significant implications for intra-EU and international trade. While the objective of improving transparency for consumers is shared, the proposed framework […]
Farm Europe and Eat Europe welcome today’s vote by the European Parliament, which adopted at second reading the Council position at first reading on New Genomic Techniques (NGTs). This step is bringing this long-awaited Regulation to its final adoption. After a long way of negotiation, European farmers will finally have the tools they urgently need […]
Farm Europe acknowledges the Council’s adoption today of a partial general approach on the National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPP) and European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) legislative files. Further work needs to be carried out and deepened in order to fully support European farmers in their transition towards more efficient, resilient and profitable food systems and […]
Farm Europe and EAT Europe welcome the adoption by the European Parliament in Strasbourg of the agreement on the revision of the Common Market Organisation (CMO) regulation, following the successful interinstitutional negotiations led by rapporteur Céline Imart. This vote confirms a major step forward for both farmers and consumers. It strengthens the position of farmers […]
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 […]