Forward look: 24 – 30 July 2023

Overview of the main topics and events at the Council of EU and European Council for the coming fortnight.

Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 25 July 2023

Agriculture and fisheries ministers will meet in Brussels on 25 July. They will hear from the Spanish presidency regarding its priorities and work programme for agriculture and fisheries this semester, and discuss the market situation in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ministers will also exchange views on the Commission’s study complementing the impact assessment of the proposal for a regulation on the sustainable use of pesticides, and on the recent proposal on new genomic techniques.