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Luxembourg Advocates EU Ban on Fur Farming

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The Ukrainian Grain Imports Saga – Verfassungsblog

Poland and Hungary, later joined by Bulgaria, Slovakia and Romania, decided to unilaterally halt the imports of grain and other food products from Ukraine to protect their domestic farmers. The European Commission quickly announced that “trade policy is of EU exclusive competence and, therefore, unilateral actions are not acceptable”. At the same, however, the Commission’s spokesperson also considered that it was “too early” to comment on the legal implications of the Member States’ actions. Instead, the Commission adopted a pragmatic approach. It quickly announced a new support package for EU farmers affected by the increased supply of Ukrainian agricultural products and proposed additional measures to ensure the transit of Ukrainian grain exports to destinations outside of the Union. Significantly, it also added that this package “is subject to Member States lifting their unilateral measures”. This creates a very cynical situation, in the sense that an infringement of

Ministers warn EU pesticide cut plan could jeopardise agriculture exports

EU ministers have raised concerns over the compatibility of international plant health requirements with the EU's plan to reduce the use of pesticides, warning this risks ‘jeopardising’ agricultural exports from the EU.

Germany is the major obstacle to the adoption of gene editing and other crop biotechnology innovations in the EU When might that change?

Since 2000, the EU has adopted a very hostile stance towards GMO crops, and it’s carried over into its opposition to new plant breeding techniques (NPBTs), such as CRISPR gene editing. Unlike in many other countries, including the US, Brazil, Japan, England, Canada and Argentina, the next generation of European crops will not be pesticide resistant and more nutritious, or tweaked to resist disease, drought, flooding and browning.

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