The ’s future policy should be more flexible, sustainable, and crisis-resilient, so that can continue to deliver food security across the . MEPs on Friday adopted their position on the post-2022 policy reform. The EP negotiating team is now ready to start talks with ministers. Moving towards a performance-based policy.

agriculture ministers will discuss on Tuesday how to resolve European ‘ growing discontent as Brussels scrambles to address the issue ahead of elections this year. – Ignored warnings …

takes the ax to green farming rules. By Bartosz Brzeziński | 03/14/2024 06:49 AM EDT . The European Commission’s move to slash environmental requirements for comes as top scientists …

The ‘s common agricultural policy (CAP) accounts for about a third of the budget, with some €54 billion ($64 billion) in farming subsidies going to the bloc’s 27 member states …

Dozens of demonstrations were staged by the Irish Association around the country this evening, in solidarity with protesting about regulation, income pressure and bureaucracy.

Highlights. Agriculture remains a big employer within the ; 8.7 million people worked in 2020. There are few young ; only 11.9 % of managers were under the age of 40 years old in 2020. Farming is a male dominated profession, only 31.6 % of being women in 2020.

Keeping the Green Deal as our lighthouse, food security today means greater production autonomy and increased support for all our that everyday ensure us healthy, sustainable and affordable food. S&D rapporteur and member of the agriculture committee, Camilla Laureti, commented:

are fucking assholes. That said, it is true that it’s not fair that produce has to follow restrictions and non- produce doesn’t. The Spanish government just presented a proposal to impose the same quality requirements and restrictions have to non who want to export to the , and it was opposed by Germany and the Nordics.

Polish march in Warsaw against climate policies and the country’s pro- leader. Polish and other protesters gather in downtown Warsaw to protest the ’s climate policies and Poland’s pro- government, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, May 10, 2024.

In 2013, an average in the -28 had 16.2 ha of agricultural land. younger than 35 years managed an average of 16.1 ha, almost exactly the same as the average. The oldest had the smallest farms, with 6.3 ha on average. Also in economic terms (measured by the standard output), farms run by young are close to the …

As ’s find common cause in grievances, governments race to offer concessions. lit fires outside the European Parliament building in Brussels on Thursday as a part of ongoing protests over excessive costs, rules and bureaucracy. The complaints were set to be heard by leaders at a summit later in the day, in a venue …

Brussels has scrapped a recommended target for cutting agricultural greenhouse gas emissions as governments seek to quell protests from against the bloc’s ambitious green agenda. A …

and workers are no exception. Through the European Green Deal and the social pillar, the has set clear commitments and ambitions. It has an opportunity to sow the seeds through a reformed CAP. We must not waste this opportunity to cultivate a socially fair and more sustainable future for all citizens.

’ protests have subsided somewhat in France, following government concessions, but continue in many countries across . They were sparked by new rules which require a certain proportion of fallow land, crop rotations, and reduced fertiliser use. The is now stepping back. German object to the phasing out of tax breaks on agricultural diesel; Netherlands …

a deal. Parliament’s and Council’s negotiators reached an informal political agreement on three laws that will govern the 2023-2027 policy, on Friday. Negotiators endorsed a policy shift that should tailor the ’s policy better to the needs of individual member states …

Today’s exceptional proposal follows the €500 million support package for adopted on 23 March in the framework of the Communication on “safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems” . In these two measures, the Commission encourages Member States to support engaged in sustainable practices.

Long-term budget for 2021-2027. Image: European Commission (2023). While it is true that the agricultural sector plays a strategic role in the food security of the entire continent, its environmental impact cannot be understated. Agriculture is the fourth-largest in terms of greenhouse gas emissions in the , and it is among the sectors that have seen the least pr

in Western have fought with growing fervour in recent years against environmental rules that they claim are prohibitively expensive. They have taken to the streets in a wave of protests, blaming policies for their plight. in the Netherlands, Germany, and France have organised protests against new agricultural policy.

The deal ends a near three-year struggle over the future of the Common Agricultural Policy, which will suck up around a third of the ‘s 2021-2027 budget, spending 387 billion euros on …

The travelled across to make their presence known in Brussels, but they needn’t have bothered. The is already painfully aware of the populist rebellion bubbling up against its net zero plans after a string of dramatic tractor protests that threaten to mushroom into a continent-wide movement as June’s European elections approach.

Thousands of tractors are blocking the streets in capital cities across as protest against policies on climate change and the influx of cheaper food imports from Ukraine. Right-wing politicians are voicing solidarity with the , raising the threat of a euroskeptic, anti-climate group gaining large increases in the European parliamentary elections in June.

African must keep a closer eye on European policymakers.”. In particular, African need to watch the evolution of the ’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that was conceived in …

The should change conditions imposed on to benefit from Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) funding, European Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said in an interview with French …

The National Union (NFU) – an industry body, not a trade union – says it needs 10,000 to 20,000 migrant workers in order to get crops in this year. The situation is critical, it told environment secretary Michael Gove this week, because the number of migrant workers has fallen.

. Tuesday 16 February 2010. France receives around €11 billion each year from the in agricultural support, but very little of it actually goes to those who do the farming. There are a little over 500,000 recipients of farming subsidies in France, but over 80% of the funds actually goes to …

In addition, under the age of 41 receive additional financial support. They receive 50 euros per hectare per year. Young and big A farmer under the age of 41 therefore receives 425 euros per hectare per year if he meets all requirements. The more land a farmer owns, the more subsidy he receives.

-VÍZIÓ, Dull Szabolcs újságíró Andor Lászlóval beszélget by MÚOSZ Magyar Újságírók Országos Szövetsége 11/04/2024 On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the great Eastern enlargement, FEPS Secretary General László Andor talks, in this video interview to the Hungarian Journalists’ Association, the functioning of the …

proposes scrapping pesticide proposals in another concession to protesting GB Manuele Calzoni works at his before joining the protest of other near the highway junction, in …

Polish , angry at agrarian policy and cheap Ukraine produce imports which, they say, are undercutting their livelihoods, park a wheel barrow full of manure with the flag stuck into it …

Parliament Gives the Green Light to . 26 Oct 2021. Slow Food welcomes the European Parliament’s vote in favour of the to Fork Strategy, in spite of repeted corporate attempts to water it down over the past months. By doing so, the Parliament shows strong commitment to the transition to sustainable food systems.

Published: February 12, 2024 11:15am EST. European took various demands to Brussels on February 1, 2024, clogging the streets with 1,300 tractors as leaders met for a summit. On …

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Thousands of across have ramped up protests against measures and rising prices, with roads blocked in Poland, Hungary, Spain, and Belgium. …

6 min. According to various media reports, the () ’ protests mainly centre on the ’s declining agricultural subsidies, the environmental policy to reduce chemicals …

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is pushing ahead with world’s most ambitious climate and biodiversity targets. Water cannon fired as police clash with protesting in Brussels. The is on the brink of …

Hard work and too many statistics: An farmer’s frustration grows with every click of the mouse. Bart Dochy looks through accounting books and logs entries on his computer at his family in Ledegem, Belgium, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Fickle regulations are a key complaint heard from European protesting over the past weeks, setting …

Family farming is the most common operational farming model in – representing 97 per cent of the ’s () 12 million farms. Thus it is of great importance in the . It covers a diverse range of situations, including farms of all sizes.

The government had already guaranteed that it would replace subsidies to until the end of this parliament, which falls due in 2022. Direct and indirect subsidies are worth £3bn a year …

In the -28 only 16.4 % of people work full-time. According to the 2013 FSS, around 22 million people worked regularly in agriculture in the -28, but only 16.4 % of them worked on a full time. The proportion varied from slightly over 50 % in the Czech Republic, France, Luxembourg and Belgium to less than 10 % in Malta, Austria and Cyprus.