Biofuels produced from EU feedstock (mostly from colza, maize , sugar beet and wheat) generates at least 6.6 billion euros of direct revenue for EU farmers. In addition, the bioethanol industry is said to have created70 000 direct and indirect jobs since the EU introduced its biofuels policy, while thebiodiesel sector has generated 220 000 […]
MEPs in the European Parliament 9th parliamentary term 2019 – 2024 2019 July The European Parliament, which has come out of the polls on May 26, will be responsible for guiding the European agricultural and agri-food sectors for the next decade. In this context it has to define a framework that meets the dual […]
Common Agricultural Policy Which CAP for the European Union in the 21st century? The Common Agricultural Policy was founded to respond to the challenge of food sovereigntyin Europe, on the basis of the fact that a pooling of financial means and the definition of common political guidelines are more effective than the sum of […]
CAP reform In view of the Commission’s proposal, 6 safety-cones to secure a more efficient and truly common CAP A CAP reform proposed by Commissioner Hogan centered on a new governance that confuses flexibilities and renationalization… The reform proposal presented by the Commission on the 1stof June 2018 is above all a […]
Communication from the European Commission Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests. 2019, July 24th After last December’s announcement of the EU’s initiative to “step up European Action against Deforestation and Forest Degradation”, the European Commission has published yesterday its Communication“ on stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s […]
16/07/2019 Ursula von der Leyen On 16 July 2019, Ursula von der Leyen (DE, EPP), the designated Candidate for President of the European Commission – chosen and backed by the European Council, presented her political guidelines for the upcoming five years to the Members of European Parliament. In it she has made promises to win […]
11 July 2019 The current CAP – and in particular the 2013 CAP reform – has been accused for a long time now of generating too much administrative burden for farmers. It has been called too complex, expensive and cumbersome. This has generated calls that the CAP needs further simplification. Hence, for its new CAP […]
An informal meeting of EU Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries was held at the beginning of June in Romania. Among the main topics on the agenda, agricultural research & innovation was central. MEP De Castro made a point on NBTs by highlighting their “substantive sustainability potential”. EU Health Commissioner Andriukaitis never misses a chance to […]
June started with the awaited EC publication of the final figures on the “Financial execution of the national support programme 2019-2023”of the Wine CMO. While, in terms of wine market dynamics, latest figures by the Spanish Wine Market Observatory (OeMv) presented a first analysis for the first quarter of 2019, during which wine shipments […]
June was marked as follows: At the informal summit in Sibiu on 3 and 4 June, the Romanian Presidency of the Council took note of the fact that it would not finally lead towards a partial general approach to the reform regulations, as Member States prefer not to go any further in the negotiations […]