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Agriculture & food reporter at
@euractiv.com
🚜 For tips :
[email protected]
🎙️ We sat down with Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi to understand what he has in mind on animal welfare We talked
#fur
, animal transport, the Commission's plans to ban
#cages
, and how to convince trade partners to accept the EU's shift to vaccination on animal diseases
www.euractiv.com/interview/in...
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https://www.euractiv.com/interview/interview-varhelyi-urges-eu-lawmakers-to-make-headway-on-animal-transport-reform/
8 days ago
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🚫 The EU bans
#pesticides
harmful for human health, but European companies can still produce them and export them abroad 📌 In 2020,
@ec.europa.eu
promised to end this, but no concrete action has followed ⬇️Here is why
www.euractiv.com/news/politic...
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EU drifts away from promise to stop exporting toxic pesticides | Euractiv
Politics and growing trade tensions have made it even harder for the European Commission to meet its 2020 pledge
https://www.euractiv.com/news/political-shift-in-brussels-clouds-toxic-pesticide-export-ban-pledge/
12 days ago
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28 days ago
This one is for
@alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy
who tipped me with the name of the French village-good practice mentioned in the article. Caveat: the spirit is willing, but the... meat is weak :)
@alice.bergoend.euractiv.com
👇
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-plan...
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https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-plans-to-green-public-canteens-risks-sparking-heat-over-meat/
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Alice Bergoënd
Euractiv
about 1 month ago
Mercosur trade deal to be provisionally applied, von der Leyen says
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Mercosur trade deal to be provisionally applied, von der Leyen says
The move is likely to prove controversial among anti-Mercosur sectors and EU countries critical of the deal
http://dlvr.it/TRBf4H
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Where it ends up that the scheme contrived by the
#EU
Commission to foster
#innovation
systems with farmers at their core, are not delivering because they don't involve farmers. The article of my colleague
@alice.bergoend.euractiv.com
👇️
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-inno...
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EU innovation scheme failing to involve farmers, auditors say | Euractiv
Half of funded projects lacked innovation, and a third had no farm link
https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-innovation-scheme-failing-to-involve-farmers-auditors-say/
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Euractiv
about 1 month ago
EU innovation scheme failing to involve farmers, auditors say
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EU innovation scheme failing to involve farmers, auditors say
Half of funded projects lacked innovation, and a third had no farm link
http://dlvr.it/TR9vWG
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🚜 Puissance agricole de l’UE, la France voit son modèle vaciller 🪫 Dépendance hors UE, difficultés à répondre à la demande intérieure… pendant que d'autres pays gagnent du terrain Cet article explore les raisons de cette crise, et comment s'en sortir 👇
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How France is losing its leadership on EU agriculture | Euractiv
Italy, Spain and Poland are reshaping the bloc’s food export balance
https://www.euractiv.com/news/how-france-is-losing-its-leadership-on-eu-agriculture/
about 1 month ago
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Euractiv
about 2 months ago
France’s agri-food trade surplus slumps to lowest level in decades
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France’s agri-food trade surplus slumps to lowest level in decades
Farm minister Annie Genevard is calling for “general mobilisation”
http://dlvr.it/TQp5LD
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Euractiv
about 2 months ago
Where’s the beef? Brussels’ Australia trade push runs into farm politics
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Where’s the beef? Brussels’ Australia trade push runs into farm politics
Australia is a major meat exporter with surging exports, though the EU remains a marginal destination
http://dlvr.it/TQmkx7
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🍎An EU-wide
@paneurope.bsky.social
study found an average of 3 different pesticide residues in apples 💣The NGO wants tools to assess their cumulative effects
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2 months ago
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🚗🍷🥃Cars, wines & spirits: What to expect from the EU-India trade deal that should be signed tomorrow in New Delhi
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2 months ago
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"If
#Mercosur
fails, we can forget the European Union as a global player,"
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
said
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3 months ago
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EUwatch 🇪🇺
3 months ago
EXCLUSIF : L’accord commercial UE-Inde exclura l’agriculture, selon Ursula von der Leyen
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EXCLUSIF : L’accord commercial UE-Inde exclura l’agriculture, selon Ursula von der Leyen | Euractiv FR
https://euractiv.fr/news/laccord-commercial-ue-inde-exclura-lagriculture-selon-ursula-von-der-leyen/
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Euractiv
3 months ago
Top EU trade official reassures MEPs over Mercosur’s provisional application
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Top EU trade official reassures MEPs over Mercosur’s provisional application
The official said Mercosur countries would also need to ratify the deal and notify the EU accordingly
http://dlvr.it/TQJ2zR
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Euractiv
3 months ago
EU-Mercosur trade deal: What you need to know
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EU-Mercosur trade deal: What you need to know
The winners, the losers and the hurdles ahead of the biggest EU trade deal ever
http://dlvr.it/TQFly1
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🚨Member states say yes to Mercosur deal by
@sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social
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EU countries endorse Mercosur trade deal | Euractiv
Italy, the kingmaker in reaching the required majority, ultimately backed the deal
https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-countries-endorse-mercosur-trade-deal/
3 months ago
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EU member states should decide the fate of the controversial
#Mercosur
trade deal in a key vote today Can supporters secure a majority ? Here’s where countries stand:
euractiv.com/news/mercosu...
With
@sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social
&
@maria-simon.bsky.social
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Mercosur trade deal: where EU countries stand | Euractiv
A written procedure will reveal whether supporters can secure a majority for the Mercosur trade deal
https://euractiv.com/news/mercosur-trade-deal-where-eu-countries-stand/
3 months ago
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Euractiv
3 months ago
Mercosur: Brussels woos farm ministers with reciprocity, tariff concessions
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Mercosur: Brussels woos farm ministers with reciprocity, tariff concessions
The Commission is trying to make the controversial deal more palatable to farm ministers
http://dlvr.it/TQD3K6
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Euractiv
3 months ago
EU farmers gear up for anti-Mercosur protests
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EU farmers gear up for anti-Mercosur protests
French, Irish and Polish farmers will take to the streets to oppose the signing of the trade deal on Sunday
http://dlvr.it/TQBCt1
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Euractiv
3 months ago
Von der Leyen proposes to unlock €45 billion for farmers to secure support for Mercosur deal
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Von der Leyen proposes to unlock €45 billion for farmers to secure support for Mercosur deal
Italy and France have been pushing the Commission to grant more concessions on the agricultural policy budget
http://dlvr.it/TQBHxR
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Euractiv
3 months ago
EU to sign Mercosur trade deal 12 January in Paraguay
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EU to sign Mercosur trade deal 12 January in Paraguay
Ursula von der Leyen had hoped to sign the agreement in Brazil this week
http://dlvr.it/TPvnGq
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Slowly but surely, the
@ec.europa.eu
is giving France what it wants in exchange of supporting the
#Mercosur
deal
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4 months ago
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Euractiv
4 months ago
Neo-Nazi march returns to Sweden after 15 years, sparking political outrage
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Neo-Nazi march returns to Sweden after 15 years, sparking political outrage
"No one should have to worry," said Sweden’s prime minister Ulf Kristersson
http://dlvr.it/TPgwW7
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4 months ago
Counterinsurgency: How Europe’s business lobby retook the Berlaymont
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Counterinsurgency: How Europe’s business lobby retook the Berlaymont
The EU’s 'simplification' drive is turning into a bonanza for corporate lobbyists
http://dlvr.it/TPZRkR
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Euractiv
4 months ago
Polish minister pushes Carrefour buyout to build state food giant
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Polish minister pushes Carrefour buyout to build state food giant
Move aims to curb dominance of foreign supermarket chains
http://dlvr.it/TPZRkZ
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Sofia Sanchez Manzanaro
4 months ago
MEPs backed changes to EU deforestation rules, and to delay implementation until next year. The move comes as Brussels enters a period of heightened political tension over efforts to finalise the EU-Mercosur deal, which many see as a driver of Amazon deforestation.
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Far-right bloc in EU Parliament moves to delay, review anti-deforestation rules | Euractiv
The changes come as Brussels enters a period of heightened political tension over efforts to finalise the EU-Mercosur trade deal, which many see as a potential driver of Amazon deforestation
https://www.euractiv.com/news/far-right-bloc-in-eu-parliament-moves-to-delay-review-anti-deforestation-rules/
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Or how a panic-driven U-turn from the
@eppgroup.bsky.social
exposed deep divisions in the EU Parliament over the
#Mercosur
deal
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4 months ago
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🔦 EXCLUSIVE: The
@ec.europa.eu
wants to make approvals for most
#pesticide
active substances indefinite ⛔ Exceptions only for the most hazardous pesticides or those without alternatives This is part of the food safety
#simplification
package, draft in my article
www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
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EXCLUSIVE: Commission plans indefinite approval for most pesticide substances | Euractiv
The policy is part of the new food safety simplification package
https://www.euractiv.com/news/exclusive-commission-plans-indefinite-approval-for-most-pesticide-substances/
4 months ago
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👩🌾With
@eppgroup.bsky.social
backing the EU Commission’s budget that cuts the
#CAP
,
@socialistsanddemocrats.eu
try to claim the crown as the new “farmers’ party”
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4 months ago
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Euractiv
4 months ago
MEPs blame Metsola for blocking Mercosur court challenge
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MEPs blame Metsola for blocking Mercosur court challenge
MEPs view the move as a top-down intervention by Metsola, a leading EPP figure whose group largely backs the deal
http://dlvr.it/TPLnvt
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Euractiv
4 months ago
Hungary goes ahead with lab-meat ban despite EU warnings
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Hungary goes ahead with lab-meat ban despite EU warnings
Brussels told Budapest that the ban would breach EU law and disrupt the single market
http://dlvr.it/TPLqZg
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🥦After four years of crisis unparalleled elsewhere in Europe, France’s
#organic
sector is showing signs of recovery
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5 months ago
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5 months ago
No alcohol, no ‘gin’, EU court says
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No alcohol, no ‘gin’, EU court says
Ruling says only spirits meeting the legal definition can carry the gin label
http://dlvr.it/TPFHsD
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President Emmanuel Macron said France could back the
#Mercosur
deal, as long as Mercosur countries accept the EU’s proposed safeguards, a move he said he is “optimistic” about It's a shift, denounced by
@la-fnsea.bsky.social
, Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard, and much of the political spectrum
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5 months ago
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Euractiv
5 months ago
MEPs move to challenge EU–Mercosur trade deal at top court
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MEPs move to challenge EU–Mercosur trade deal at top court
Left-wing MEPs have tabled a motion asking the EU Court of Justice to rule on whether the deal complies with EU law
http://dlvr.it/TP2KBC
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Alice Bergoënd
Euractiv
5 months ago
Phasing out bee-harming pesticides still a challenge, French researchers warn
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Phasing out bee-harming pesticides still a challenge, French researchers warn
Findings carry EU-wide relevance as Brussels tightens rules on these insecticides
http://dlvr.it/TNykgr
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Agriculture committee chair Veronika Vrecionová has asked
@president.europarl.europa.eu
to allow AGRI to co-lead work on safeguard measures linked to the
#Mercosur
deal, according to a letter seen by
@euractiv.com
For more ⬇️
www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
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EXCLUSIVE: Agriculture MEPs push to co-lead talks on Mercosur deal safeguards | Euractiv
If granted, AGRI’s involvement could slow and complicate the negotiations
https://www.euractiv.com/news/exclusive-agriculture-meps-push-to-co-lead-talks-on-mercosur-deal-safeguards/
5 months ago
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🌲MEPs from the European People's Party (EPP) and far-right groups voted to reject the EU’s proposed law on
#forest
monitoring A withdrawal from the
@ec.europa.eu
is now likely
www.euractiv.com/news/europea...
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https://www.euractiv.com/news/european-parliament-rejects-law-to-monitor-forests/
5 months ago
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Alice Bergoënd
EUwatch 🇪🇺
6 months ago
Malgré les accusations d’espionnage, business as usual pour le commissaire hongrois Várhelyi
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Malgré les accusations d’espionnage, business as usual pour le commissaire hongrois Várhelyi | Euractiv FR
https://euractiv.fr/news/malgre-les-accusations-despionnage-business-as-usual-pour-le-commissaire-hongrois-varhelyi/
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Euractiv
6 months ago
Farmers push back against fertiliser import tariff
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Farmers push back against fertiliser import tariff
The EU's CO2 levy would be the 'final blow' for French cereal producers, lobby group AGPB argues
http://dlvr.it/TNbMtX
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Euractiv
6 months ago
Animal transport talks hit wall in Parliament – again
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Animal transport talks hit wall in Parliament – again
Rift between Green and EPP co-rapporteurs puts EU animal welfare reform back in question
http://dlvr.it/TNbMw3
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Alice Bergoënd
EUwatch 🇪🇺
6 months ago
« Burger » végétarien, « steak » végétal… Les eurodéputés veulent revoir l’étiquetage des produits végétariens
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« Burger » végétarien, « steak » végétal… Les eurodéputés veulent revoir l’étiquetage des produits végétariens | Euractiv FR
https://euractiv.fr/news/burger-vegetarien-steak-vegetal-les-eurodeputes-veulent-revoir-letiquetage-des-produits-vegetariens/
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Who can resist Andrej Babiš? 👑 With
#Czechia’s
ex-PM favored to win Saturday’s election, his agri-food giant AGROFERT - dominating the food chain - could tighten its grip 🙅♀️ Opponents have long tried boycotts, but the group is hard to escape
www.euractiv.com/news/superma...
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Supermarket boycott in Czechia isn't hurting food tycoon Andrej Babiš | Euractiv
A victory at the polls would further expand both his political power and his business influence
https://www.euractiv.com/news/supermarket-boycott-in-czechia-isnt-hurting-food-tycoon-andrej-babis/
6 months ago
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🪱 Today the
@consilium.europa.eu
adopted a new law requesting countries to monitor and improve
#soil
health 🗳️ Before entering into force, the law must still be adopted in the
@europarl.europa.eu
and German MEPs are set to play a decisive role Here is why ⬇️
www.euractiv.com/news/green-d...
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Green Deal 'survivor' soil law clears Council, awaits Parliament vote | Euractiv
A majority against the law “is not likely”, particularly because “there is no uniform line within the EPP group”, said a spokesperson for the German industry association (BDI)
https://www.euractiv.com/news/green-deal-survivor-soil-law-clears-council-awaits-parliament-vote/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=dlvr.it
6 months ago
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🌲The fate of a new law aimed at improving data on the EU’s
#forests
hangs by a thread 🚫Right-wing parties say they have gathered enough support to vote against the text today
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6 months ago
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EUwatch 🇪🇺
6 months ago
Après les dernières annonces de la Commission, la grogne monte chez les agriculteurs européens
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Après les dernières annonces de la Commission, la grogne monte chez les agriculteurs européens | Euractiv FR
Déstabilisés par les conflits commerciaux et la réduction des subventions, les agriculteurs européens pourraient bien manifester une nouvelle fois dans les rues de Bruxelles avec leurs tracteurs.
https://euractiv.fr/news/apres-les-dernieres-annonces-de-la-commission-la-grogne-monte-chez-les-agriculteurs-europeens/
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💸 Following cases of farm subsidy
#fraud
in Latvia, Romania, Slovakia, and Greece, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) is warning of “serious deficiencies” in reporting such abuse within the bloc
www.euractiv.com/news/prosecu...
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Prosecutors find more farm fund fraud, just as the EU looks to spend again | Euractiv
In recent months, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office has put the Common Agricultural Policy in the spotlight
https://www.euractiv.com/news/prosecutors-find-more-farm-fund-fraud-just-as-the-eu-looks-to-spend-big-in-smaller-states/
7 months ago
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Euractiv
7 months ago
SOTEU2025 Liveblog: What’s next for the EU?
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SOTEU2025 Liveblog: What’s next for the EU?
Follow the 2025 State of the European Union speech with real-time coverage and analysis from Euractiv’s reporters in Strasbourg and Brussels
http://dlvr.it/TMzmNH
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Euractiv
7 months ago
Parliament negotiators suspend talks on forest data law amid EPP stalemate
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Parliament negotiators suspend talks on forest data law amid EPP stalemate
Sargiacomo told Euractiv they would go straight to a vote without further talks, “hoping to fracture the EPP”
http://dlvr.it/TMzCG6
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AGRI NEWS EU
7 months ago
In the second quarter of 2025, the average price of agricultural output in the EU rose by 5.6% compared with the second quarter of 2024. This confirmed the upward rise in prices after a period of decline
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/pro...
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EU agricultural output prices up 5.6%
In the second quarter of 2025, the average price of agricultural output in the EU rose by 5.6% compared with the second quarter of 2024. This confirmed the upward rise in prices after a period of decl...
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=ddn-20250909-1
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