Agri Politics
Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú said she is "hopeful" of securing a substitute seat on the European Parliament’s AGRI Committee.
Agri-Business
EU member states and the European Parliament have agreed to implement the trade deal with the US that was hammered out last year.
Forestry
The European Parliament has adopted a deal on new rules that aim to ensure the supply of high-quality forest reproductive material.
A protest is underway at the European Parliament in Strasbourg as farm organisations highlight the crisis of high fertiliser prices.
A delegation of Irish women involved in agriculture brought the "reality of farming life" to Brussels this week.
Copa and Cogeca have announced a ‘flash action’ in Strasbourg during the presentation of the...
Nine agri-food orgs have called on the European Parliament to recognise agri and food systems as strategic sectors within ECF.
MEPs want the EU to provide stronger support for an EU livestock sector facing economic, environmental, and social pressures.
Rural Life
The European Parliament has voted in favour of mandatory microchipping and registration of all dogs and cats in the EU.
Minister Martin Heydon is in Strasbourg today (Tuesday, April 28) to highlight 'key Irish Presidency priorities".
Schemes
A full session of the European Parliament has voted to back funding for the CAP at around the 2022-2027 level.
There are fresh calls for the next CAP budget to include "increased funding to a minimum of 130% of the current budget".
A key committee of the European Parliament has officially called for the next CAP to be allocated €433 billion for the 2028-2034 period.
One of the most important MEPs in the coming negotiations on the CAP has said he wants the two pillar structure of the policy retained.
The European Parliament's lead negotiator on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Norbert Lins will visit Ireland this week.
The Agriculture Committee of the EU is calling for stronger support for the EU livestock sector in the face of economic and other pressures.
An Irish MEP has warned the European Commission that farmers, hauliers and households are facing a "serious costs crisis".
A member of the European Court of Auditors has said she has "rarely" seen such unanimous scepticism as she has for the next CAP proposals.
The European Council and Parliament have reached provisional agreement to give farmers a "stronger negotiating position" in the food supply chain.
The EU Commission's move to provisionally apply the EU-Mercosur deal is "a profoundly undemocratic step", according to MEP Luke Ming Flanagan.
Europe is 'now in a worse position' following a decision to refer Mercosur to the European Court of Justice according to MEP Maria Walsh.
The EU Commission's failure to carry out a specific impact assessment on proposals for the future CAP is "dominating" EU budget discussions.
The European Parliament has today (Thursday, February 12) adopted new measures to protect European...
