The 10 times EU Parliament pulled its weight and flexed muscles on 06/05/24
The European Parliament concluded its legislative work on 25 April after five years of intense policymaking. Looking back, from health to economy, passing by rule of law and agriculture, here are the ten moments the European Parliament successfully asserted its power. France to present a pesticide reduction plan closer to EU standards on 03/05/24
On Monday (6 May) France will present a new pesticide reduction plan, expected to align to the EU standard the way the country measures the chemicals' impact and risk, amidst NGOs protests for "a European race to the bottom". EU struggles to secure another New Zealand-style trade deal on 03/05/24
The EU-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) officially entered into force on 1 May. The pact has put an end to a four-year trade drought, since Vietnam's agreement in 2020, and the European Commission considers it a blueprint for future FTAs. European Commission extends state aid emergency rules for farmers on 02/05/24
The EU executive announced on Thursday a six-month extension of the extraordinary framework allowing member states to grant support to farms and fishermen, set to expire in June, due to "persisting" market disruptions. EU countries call for derogations on rules on small by-catches in Baltic Sea on 02/05/24
The Member States have defended the position of Latvia and Lithuania, who criticise the new fisheries control regulation for being too strict on the recording of small by-catches, while the Commission is refusing to amend the text. Commission mulls weakening peatland protection requirement for farmers on 30/04/24
A group of EU countries is calling to relax rules on mandatory practices to protect peatlands and wetlands under the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) only days after the European Parliament rubber-stamped an overhaul of six other environmental conditions. The Brief – Europe’s diplomatic crisis over bottom fishing on 30/04/24
European fisheries are at the heart of a diplomatic crisis brewing between the EU and the UK, their first trade spat since the UK left the European Union in February 2020. European Commission ‘prepared’ in the face of US bird flu outbreak on 30/04/24
The spread of H5NI, otherwise known as bird flu, in cattle and mammals in the United States, has raised concerns among European stakeholders, but the European Union says they are well prepared. Austria’s farming, economy ministers urge von der Leyen to delay EU anti-deforestation law on 30/04/24
Austria's agriculture and economy ministers have urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to postpone the implementation of the new EU anti-deforestation regulation (EUDR), scheduled for January 2025, according to a letter seen by Euractiv. Farmers take centre stage in parties’ EU election campaigns on 30/04/24
After being neglected for years in the public debate, agriculture has become a hot topic at the EU level in recent years.
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