Agrifood Brief: The best thing that could ever CAP-penon 06/10/23 Forget prophecies of empty coffers and huge cuts for founding members: Ukraine’s EU accession is the best thing that could ever happen to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Ukraine’s EU membership will trigger a rewriting of CAP, says Kyiv officialon 06/10/23 Evaluating the impact of Ukraine's accession on the EU's farming subsidies under the current criteria is not a relevant exercise as Kyiv's EU membership will likely lead to the end of the Common Agricultural Policy as we know it today, according to Ukraine's Deputy Economy Minister Taras Kachka.
New study questions accuracy of EU’s biofuel impact assessmentson 06/10/23 Skewed data was used to determine the impact of the EU's renewable energy directive, a scientific paper has claimed, raising questions about the model and process employed by the European Commission to assess policy options for transport decarbonisation.
Glyphosate approval proposal will not be turned upside down, EU Commissioner sayson 05/10/23 Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides defended the key points of the EU executive’s proposal to re-approve the contentious herbicide glyphosate, signalling that the expected tweaks to the text at this point are likely to be relatively minor.
Berlin sends new agriculture envoy to help Western Balkans with EU accessionon 04/10/23 As part of its efforts to secure EU accession for the Western Balkans, the German government is sending for the first time an agricultural attaché to the region to help it implement the often highly technical EU legislation in the field.
Commission still evasive on timeline of EU’s food agenda missing pieceson 03/10/23 The parliamentary hearing to award the Green Deal portfolio to European Commission vice-president Maroš Šefčovič did not offer much clarity on the timeline of the remaining pieces of legislation of the Farm to Fork, the EU's flagship sustainable food policy.
Commission to reconsider its glyphosate renewal proposal, sources sayon 03/10/23 The European Commission is reconsidering its proposal to renew the contentious herbicide glyphosate in a bid to win the green light from member states, according to sources familiar with the issue, with suggestions the EU executive may even present a new proposal.
Warsaw, Kyiv make breakthrough on Ukrainian grain transiton 03/10/23 Warsaw and Kyiv announced on Tuesday (4 October) they had agreed to speed up the transit of Ukrainian cereal exports through Poland to third countries, a first step in resolving their "grain war".
Agrifood Special CAPitals Brief: Enjoy, it’s from Europe!on 29/09/23 Geographical Indications, or 'GIs', establish intellectual property rights for specific agricultural products, whose qualities are specifically linked to the area of production - think Champagne, or Feta cheese.
German regions insist on reorientation of EU farm policyon 29/09/23 A group of regional agriculture ministers in Brussels this week called for a far-reaching and fundamental reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) - but the European Commission remains hesitant.
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