EU to sign Mercosur trade deal 12 January in Paraguay

Slowly but surely, the @ec.europa.eu is giving France what it wants in exchange of supporting the #Mercosur deal

Neo-Nazi march returns to Sweden after 15 years, sparking political outrage

Counterinsurgency: How Europe’s business lobby retook the Berlaymont

Polish minister pushes Carrefour buyout to build state food giant

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. www.euractiv.com/news/far-rig...

Or how a panic-driven U-turn from the @eppgroup.bsky.social exposed deep divisions in the EU Parliament over the #Mercosur deal

🔦 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...

👩‍🌾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”

MEPs blame Metsola for blocking Mercosur court challenge

Hungary goes ahead with lab-meat ban despite EU warnings

🥦After four years of crisis unparalleled elsewhere in Europe, France’s #organic sector is showing signs of recovery

No alcohol, no ‘gin’, EU court says

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

MEPs move to challenge EU–Mercosur trade deal at top court

Phasing out bee-harming pesticides still a challenge, French researchers warn

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...

🌲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...

Malgré les accusations d’espionnage, business as usual pour le commissaire hongrois Várhelyi

Farmers push back against fertiliser import tariff

Animal transport talks hit wall in Parliament – again

« Burger » végétarien, « steak » végétal… Les eurodéputés veulent revoir l’étiquetage des produits végétariens

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...

🪱 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...

🌲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

Après les dernières annonces de la Commission, la grogne monte chez les agriculteurs européens

💸 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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Parliament negotiators suspend talks on forest data law amid EPP stalemate

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...

How Brussels got France to tone down its opposition to the EU-Mercosur deal www.euractiv.com/section/agri...

🥚 French Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard confirmed "the presence of #antibiotics banned in Europe in #eggs from Ukraine" in certain supermarkets in France 🔎 She is asking @ec.europa.eu to strengthen controls www.euractiv.com/section/agri...

Brussels proposes cutting tariffs on US industrial, agricultural products

French farmers protest mass cattle cull to curb virus

🍎Last week, the maximum amount of the pesticide #acetamiprid traces allowed on certain fruits and vegetables was sharply cut ⚔️Farmers say that there is no alternative, while environmentalists disagree With views from @ec.europa.eu, @paneurope.bsky.social & others www.euractiv.com/section/agri...

Farmland emerges as both casualty and barrier in Europe’s wildfires

💸The @ec.europa.eu has failed to secure an exemption for wine and spirits from the 15% #tariff imposed by the US on the EU 🍷The sector is bracing for major losses, but negotiations are not over, said EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič www.euractiv.com/section/agri...

EU agri chief challenged on CAP reform in Czechia, emphasises security needs

China to extend EU dairy subsidy investigation, Brussels open to talks

🌿Nearly 10 years after a jogger died from toxic green #algae, #France was found guilty of failing to protect waters from farm pollution I asked @loigcg.bsky.social and @confpaysanne.bsky.social where things stand today www.euractiv.com/section/agri...

🦠The cheeses concerned are camembert, brie, gorgonzola and goat's cheese, mainly from the brands Le Berger, Le Lion un fromage royal, Saveur d'antan and Le Petit Grignoteur : www.euractiv.com/section/agri...

Commission targets reform of its food chain rules in 2026 Some farmer organisations have called on Brussels to tighten up the rules and ban sales below production cost www.euractiv.com/section/agri...

🚨After months of debate, Macron signed the 'Duplomb law' 🚜It eases farm regulations but does NOT reintroduce the banned insecticide #acetamiprid in the end

EU food watchdog targets hyper-muscled breeds in animal welfare warning

🐮New animal #diseases are appearing in Europe, threatening #livestock farming 🤔To understand this trend and what the #EU should do against it, I sat down with Montserrat Arroyo, Deputy Director General of the @woahglobal.bsky.social

📉Belgium records a sharp winter decline in #honeybee populations 🐝But EU-wide figures show a more complex and uneven trend in pollinator health www.euractiv.com/section/agri...

The #EU fishing lobby is accusing vegetarian companies of giving their no-fish products a disguise that’s a little too convincing via @maria-simon.bsky.social

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Commission proposes strategic food stocks in CAP reform

"The #CAP budget for 2028-2034 will be €300 billion, down from the current €387 billion budget. Adjusted to 2025 real prices, this represents a reduction of roughly 30%." Great article by @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social and @maria-simon.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/section/agri...