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The Covid19 health crisis has taken hold on the economic sectors with significant effects. These effects are likely to be long-lasting, with a recession threatening the European Union and other world economies. This crisis also highlights the importance of food security. Some in the European Union may have tended to take it for granted, or…

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…

Posted on 06/04/2020 – Posted by Farm Europe 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 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…

Europe is calling for measures to mitigate the disastrous impact of the COVID-19 and the European biofuels industry is answering that call of social responsibility without hesitation today. Many of the European biofuel companies have successfully changed their complex manufacturing and production processes to be able to offer a much-needed contribution towards curbing the spread…

Although the Council of March 23 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the agriculture ministers of the 27 nevertheless met for a video conference on March 25, 2020. In the presence of the President of the Council Marija Vučković as well as the Commissioners for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski and the Commissioner for Environment Virginijus…

The month of February was marked by the failure of EU leaders to reach an agreement on the EU’s 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Charles Michel’s proposal of an overall level of the MFF 2021-2027 at 1.074% was not unanimously supported at the Summit on the 19-20th February and no compromise emerged. As far as…

Posted on 09/03/202009/03/2020 – Posted by Farm Europe February was marked as follows: Following the work of rapporteur Elsi Katainen, the majority of ComAgri MEPs confirmed the need to extend the one-year transition period proposed by the European Commission by at least one year. They also expressed their support for producer organisations as a means…

In February, the European Commission launched a consultation on NBTs as part of a study it wants to finalise by April 2021. In France, the State Council through a decision, considers that NBTs should be subject to the same clauses as GMOs with regard to the application of the European directive regulating genetically modified organisms.…

Posted on 06/03/2020 – Posted by Farm Europe The European Union Regulation for the promotion of EU wine entered into force on 3 February. Rising prices continued to drive down wine sales in the USA.In France, winegrowers are asking for a compensation fund from the French President. On a world level, the price of American…

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to identify the key issues in the post-Brexit EU-UK trade relations, as a preliminary step to shape discussions with the Commission and other decision-makers and stakeholders. In previous papers Farm Europe dwelt at large on the possible alternative scenarios for Brexit. It raised the attention of its Members…

Posted on 11/02/202011/02/2020 – Posted by Farm Europe The new European Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides said that a proposal on the regulation of new breeding techniques (NBTs) in plants could be included in the next “Farm to fork” Strategy. At the global level, the US Secretary of State visiting Europe underlined the importance of science-based decisions…