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Polish Commissioner, Parliament protests & getting ‘grounded’

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team talks you through the controversies at a recent meeting of EU agriculture ministers, including how the EU’s agriculture Commissioner is increasingly prioritising Polish issues, and discusses the pushback to the…
Agrifood Brief
Agrifood Brief

Young farmers and animal welfare label

This week, EURACTIV's agrifood team brings you to a young farmers' conference discussing sustainability in agriculture, where EURACTIV also spoke to EU's Green Deal chief Frans Timmermans. EURACTIV's Julia Dahm walks you through the potential…
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Agrifood Brief

Agrifood podcast: Ukraine’s import ban, animal transport and a leak

Gerardo Fortuna and Paula Andrés speak on the key issues around Poland, Hungary & Slovakia's ban on the import of agricultural goods from Ukraine.
Agrifood Brief
Agrifood Brief

Agrifood podcast: What to watch in Strasbourg and Spanish water politics

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team talks you through the main things to keep an eye on in the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg, and EURACTIV’s Paula Andrés explores the water politics of the Spanish…
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Agrifood Brief

Agrifood podcast: Belarus fertiliser, Ukraine grain influx

This week, EURACTIV’s Agrifood team brings you the latest from the European Council where UN Secretary-General António Guterres asked EU leaders to lift sanctions on Belarus fertiliser potash. They also talked about the Commission’s decision…
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Agrifood Brief

Agrifood podcast: A LEAKy couple of weeks

This week, EURACTIV discusses a leaked draft of EU member states’ compromise text on the industrial emissions directive, and they hear from EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski for his take on the controversies surrounding the…
Agrifood Brief
Agrifood Brief

Agrifood Podcast: Tractor takeover, pest threat, baby shark

This week, EURACTIV’s Agrifood news team reports from a large-scale Flemish farmers’ protest in Brussels and Natasha Foote speaks with Sybren Vos, a team leader at the European Food Safety Agency’s Plant Health division, to learn more about…
Agrifood Brief
Agrifood Brief

Agrifood Podcast: Fisheries package, CAP third pillar

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team walks you through the Commission’s fisheries package which includes the ambition to ban bottom trawling from all marine protected areas (MPAs) by 2030, and EURACTIV’s Paula Andrés talks to Enrico…
Agrifood Brief
Agrifood Brief

Agrifood podcast: EU agri ministers get angsty & agri-trade talks

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team walks you through all the goings-on of the first meeting of EU agriculture ministers under the Swedish Presidency, including the latest on agri-trade with Ukraine and a push from ministers…
Agrifood Brief
Agrifood Brief

Fertilisers ‘strategy’, production slump, Dutch farmers’ protests

EURACTIV’s agrifood team brings you the latest on the Commission’s plans for a fertilisers communication, and why this falls short of the strategy called for by stakeholders and we explore how the EU’s plans to…
Agrifood Brief
Agrifood Brief

State of the Union, fertiliser crisis, deforestation

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team comments on the agri-food parts of the State of the Union address delivered by Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and we question agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski about the current…
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