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You can subscribe here if you haven’t done so yet. 28 - AGRI Committee chair, CAP update, halloumi cheese   We speak with the chair of the European Parliament’s AGRI committee, Norbert Lins, about the progress that has been made so far on the CAP reform, and we give a rundown of the top 10 agri-news stories this week, including why halloumi cheese has been hitting the headlines.    Could the colour-coded Nutri-Score get the proverbial helping hand from its “environmental” counterp...

Portugal is optimistic an agreement can soon be reached on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the country’s Agriculture Minister Maria do Céu Antunes told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview. The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union recently called a joint negotiation meeting – dubbed a super trilogue – with all three negotiators in the European Parliament to seek a breakthrough in the CAP talks. Speaking on the weekly EURACTIV’s Agrifood podcast o...

A meeting between EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski and US agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack showed the first signs of thawing relations after the trade dispute that has soured transatlantic relations in recent years.

March 4, 2021 3:58 pm Four Irish cooperatives are among 18 finalists shortlisted from a competitive field of leading cooperatives from across the European Union, in the European Awards for Cooperative Innovation. Organised every three years by Cogeca (European Association of Agri-Cooperatives), the awards are considered the ‘Oscars’ for innovation in cooperative industries, marking outstanding innovation and excellence in the agri-food, fishery and forestry sectors. The theme of this year�...

Four Irish co-operatives are among 18 finalists shortlisted in the European Awards for Co-operative Innovation. The Irish organisations shortlisted are Dairygold, FRS Network, Glanbia and the National Federation of Group Water Schemes. Organised every three years by COGECA, the European Association of Agri-Cooperatives, the theme of this year’s award is focused on sustainability-driven innovation. Nominations Dairygold is shortlisted for its sustainability bonus payment, in the ‘Economic V...

The EU’s new ambitious food policy is ready to face tough parliamentary scrutiny from lawmakers who feel being pushed aside by the European Commission. Since the start of 2021, the European Parliament has been taking the long path to give its contribution to the agri-food part of the Commission’s flagship Green Deal. Although it might have been somewhat overshadowed by the recent focus on the ongoing negotiations to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the Farm to Fork (F2F) strate...

On the very day of Joe Biden’s inauguration in Washington on 20 January, European lawmakers urged the European Commission to settle for good the trade dispute with the US that has soured transatlantic relations in recent years. In a letter sent to trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, the chair of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee, Norbert Lins, asked the Commission on behalf of the majority of political groups “to intervene directly” in the Airbus/Boeing dispute. Lawmake...

What did you decide in todays Joint Committee meeting? Todays meeting covered all main issues related to the implementation of the Withdrawal Agr... European Commission Press release Bratislava, 17 Dec 2020 The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) signed a €49 million guarantee with Slovenská sporitelna (SLSP), the largest financial institution in Slovakia, to support SMEs and mid-caps impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic European Commission Questions and answ...

Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC), gepubliceerd op woensdag 16 december 2020. Liebe Frau Bundeslandwirtschaftsministerin, liebe Julia, Dear Members of the European Parliament, lieber Norbert Lins, Ladies and Gentlemen, You may still remember the pictures from the first days of the corona crisis. The long queues in front of shops. The photos of empty supermarket shelves on social media. And people in the evening news, saying they were afraid that food supply would be disrupted in ...