The 2014 reform has consolidated the ‘public goods’ component of the Common Agricultural Policy. However, the economic reform of this policy, which remains the primary aim of the common European policy, is still to be finalised. Economic reform is a matter of meeting the most pressing societal challenge: sustainability of production, or, in other words, […]
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RESILIENCE - 2 May 2022
FARM TO FORK NEWS: FOOD SECURITY DIVIDES THE COMMISSION
While the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is going on in the East of Europe, agricultural markets are still suffering its consequences, notably in the price raise of fertilizers and the possible shortages on the cereal markets. The EU institutions are discussing alternative solutions to the short-term problems that the conflict is creating within the EU agri-food chain following on last month’s Commission declaration of ‘Food Security’. Commissioner Wojciechowski repeatedly stressed the importance of reducing fertilizers dependency, while EU and national agricultural organizations call on the Commission for further support of the chain and derogations from the environmental obligations. The Executive Vice-President of the European Commission contested that the war in Ukraine has any impact on food security in front of the ENVI committee of the European Parliament, asking the MEPs for continued support for the Farm to Fork.
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Written by Farm Europe