Agrifood Special CAPitals Brief: Enjoy, it’s from Europe! on 29/09/23
Geographical Indications, or 'GIs', establish intellectual property rights for specific agricultural products, whose qualities are specifically linked to the area of production - think Champagne, or Feta cheese. German regions insist on reorientation of EU farm policy on 29/09/23
A group of regional agriculture ministers in Brussels this week called for a far-reaching and fundamental reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) - but the European Commission remains hesitant. Agriculture must escape the trap set by the European right on 28/09/23
The European right is leading agriculture to its grave, writes MEP Christophe Clergeau, calling for the immediate launch of a citizens' conference on the future of agriculture and food to reconsider the EU's farming policy. Vienna to vote against EU glyphosate re-approval on 25/09/23
Austria will vote against the European Commission’s proposal to renew the approval of glyphosate, the country’s agriculture ministry confirmed on Monday (25 September). EU Commission: Ukraine grain exports through Poland far below capacity on 25/09/23
The export volume of Ukrainian agricultural products over the Polish border has decreased to a third of last year’s amount, indicating that existing capacities are not being used, according to EU Transport Commissioner Adina Vălean. Study: Mixed impact of green measures in EU’s farming subsidies scheme on 25/09/23
EU countries that have been given more freedom to design environmental measures under the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are showing little ambition with measures that have very little positive environmental impact, a new study has found. Agrifood Brief: Beware ogre-food politics on 22/09/23
In the iconic words of the movie character Shrek, ogres are like onions – they have layers. And so, I would argue, are agri issues, which are made up of so many layers of politics, culture, and environmental issues wrapped up together that it makes you cry when you try to pick them apart. Commission stuck in between going after, defending unilateral Ukraine import bans on 21/09/23
The European Commission is in the odd situation of potentially opening an infringement procedure against the EU countries imposing unilateral bans on Ukraine products while, at the same time, defending the same countries sued by Ukraine at the World Trade Organisation. EU farmers seek dialogue for sustainable food production amid challenges on 21/09/23
This week in a special episode for EURACTIV’s Beyond the Byline podcast we explore the challenges and resilience of European farmers within the context of food chains and sustainable food production. We delve into the recent State of the Union... Lawmakers call for ‘global and ambitious’ EU protein strategy on 20/09/23
More than two-thirds of the EU's plant proteins are imported, a lack of strategic autonomy that MEPs on the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee addressed in a roadmap adopted on Tuesday (19 September).
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