Agri Politics
Agriland Media will be livestreaming from the public meeting against the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement in Athlone tomorrow.
Agri-Business
Tánaiste Simon Harris has confirmed that Ireland will vote against the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement in a key vote on Friday (January 9).
Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald has confirmed that party representatives will attend Saturday's protest against the EU-Mercosur trade deal.
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon will seek assurances on the EU-Mercosur deal during a meeting of EU ministers for agriculture today.
Almost 60 MEPs are to table a motion for a resolution to seek an opinion from the Court of Justice of the EU (CEJU) on the EU-Mercosur deal.
Beef
A TD has claimed that "all the signs" point to Ireland being "coerced" into accepting the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement.
The European Commission said it has introduced a range of measures that address farmers’ concerns about the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement.
The EU-Mercosur deal, formally called the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA), has caused...
The IFA president Francie Gorman said now is the time for the Irish government to "stand up" for farmers on the EU-Mercosur trade deal.
The enforcement of any 'mirror clauses' as part of the EU-Mercosur trade deal may not be possible, according to Michael McNamara.
A farm organisation has slammed attempts get around opposition to the Mercosur deal by removing the need for member state sign off.
The president of Paraguay has threatened to pull out of talks on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement if a deal is not reached by December 6.
The proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal poses "an existential threat to Irish farmers and environment", according to an Irish MEP.
The EU and Brazil have reaffirmed their commitment to ratify the EU-Mercosur trade deal "as soon as possible".
EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has outlined her intention to complete the EU-Mercosur deal by the end of this year.
Sinn Féin's Matt Carthy has called on the government to inform the European Union that it intends to veto the Mercosur trade deal.
The EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement "won't make significant progress" under the new French presidency, according to one Irish MEP.
IFA president Tm Cullinan has met with Tánaiste and Minister for Trade Leo Varadkar on the issue of the EU-Mercosur deal.
Environment
In a broad-ranging interview with AgriLand, Holly Cairns of the Social Democrats discussed sustainability in farming.
All farm organisations have been urged by the Individual Farmers of Ireland to pressurise the government to reject the Mercosur deal.
The Government has tendered for a contract to carry out an economic and sustainability impact assessment for a potential Mercosur trade deal.
Concerns around the Amazon forest fires have been described as a “stunning inability” to make the connections between different issues.
There has been an "active social media campaign over the past week designed to mislead farmers on the Government position on Mercosur".
