Beef
The European Parliament's trade committee has backed a 5% threshold figure for activating safeguards under the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement.
Tillage
Details relating to the new €30M tillage support scheme, announced as part of Budget 2026, will be forthcoming in the very near future.
Agri-Business
Several member states asked the European Commission to expand mandatory origin labelling to more food products.
The European Commission has formally established a task force aiming to strengthen import controls on food safety.
Michael McGrath "regrets" the decision by the European Parliament to refer the EU-Mercosur trade agreement to the European Court of Justice.
Sinn Féin MEPs have urged the European Parliament’s international trade committee to "oppose any attempt" to provisionally apply the EU-Mercosur deal.
Agri Politics
MEP Ciaran Mullooly said he will oppose any attempt by the European Commission to implement Mercosur while it is under examination by CJEU.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is to be asked to give its legal opinion on the controversial EU-Mercosur deal.
Many elements of the Mercosur Agreement "are very positive and will be positive for Ireland,” Minister McEntee said today.
Politicians from across the political spectrum in Ireland have voiced their satisfaction that the...
Macra welcomes the vote of the European Parliament to request an opinion of the Court of Justice on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.
Today the majority of MEPs at the European Parliament in Strasbourg voted in favour of a resolution requesting legal advice on the EU Mercosur Partnership Agreement
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon noted the decision of the EU Parliament to refer the Mercosur deal to the European Court of Justice.
The European Commission has responded to a vote at the European Parliament today (Wednesday,...
Copa Cogeca said the result of a vote in the EU Parliament validates the "rightful concerns" of farmers on the Mercosur trade deal.
The decision by MEPs to refer the Mercosur deal to European courts is a victory for "farmer pressure" according to the ICSA.
A decision by the European Parliament to refer the EU-Mercosur deal to the European Court of Justice has been welcomed by the ICMSA.
Independent Ireland has welcomed the decision by the European Parliament today (Wednesday, January...
IFA president Francie Gorman welcomed the decision by MEPs to refer the EU-Mercosur deal to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
MEPs at the European Parliament in Strasbourg have just voted (Wednesday, January 21) to refer the...
Current global uncertainty is another reason for the European Union to protect its agriculture sector, according to Copa Cogeca.
The European Parliament in Strasbourg will this morning (Wednesday, January 21) vote on whether to...
Irish MEP Ciaran Mullooly has claimed that the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement will "do nothing of substance" for the EU economy.
