From what is filtering, the European Commission is preparing an EU-wide Recovery Programme anchored in her revised MFF (2021-2027 budget) proposal. A word of caution: this paper elaborates on what we know so far, and changes might be introduced on the final Commission proposal. What we understand The Commission is planning to propose a revised […]
Comagri MEPs yesterday voted on the position they intend the European Parliament to take in negotiations with the Council (and the Commission) on the CAP transitional provisions until the future CAP reform, which they foresee for 1 January 2023 at the earliest, is in place. This position should officially become that of the European Parliament […]
The widespread crisis caused by the Covid19 pandemic continues to have major impacts on economic sectors, including agriculture, and to give rise to decisions at national and Community level. The European Parliament and the Ministers of the Member States require the European Commission, in addition to the technical and administrative measures adopted, to resort to […]
In all major crisis there is a moment of denial, a moment of blame and a moment of reckoning. We are experiencing a major and unprecedented crisis, a crisis on which states decided to stop economic activity to protect lives. Unfortunately we see many still in denial of the inevitable impact on agriculture. Farm Europe […]
The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the wine trade, both European and non-European. All wine markets are affected. In addition to other things, this month of March have seen more than 50 MEPs asking, via a letter, the European Commission to take exceptional measures to support the agri-food sector, including the wine industry, a sector penalised […]
In March, EASAC, the Scientific Advisory Council of European Academies, called for a radical reform of the legal framework for GMOs, and considered that new varietal selection techniques can help, inter alia, to combat social inequalities. Paolo De Castro MEP, S&D coordinator at Comagri,, agreed with EASAC’s request and called for European agriculture to be […]
March was marked as follows: At the level of the European Parliament, measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic have stopped all meetings of the Agriculture Committee. However, negotiations on compromise amendments are continuing. At EU Council level, the meeting on 23 March was cancelled for the same reasons, and the informal summit on the 25th […]
The month of March was marked by: – At the level of the European Parliament, the exchanges of MEPs in Plenary session after the failure of the European Summit on 21 February, in the absence of agreement and concrete ambition shown by the Member States. – At the level of the European Commission, the announcement […]
The widespread crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a first set of decisions at national and EU level. Support for the general economy represents a total of 947 billion euros. – At the level of the European Commission, a second package of measures was adopted on 2 April 2020: The Coronavirus response […]
The Covid-19 crisis is already impacting agriculture in a number of ways: cross-border flows of agriculture goods face delays, and in some areas there are not enough workers. These are serious problems. We understand that measures are being taken to speed up cross-border trade, and particular work shortages can only be addressed at regional and […]