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A provisional deal on more environmentally friendly, fairer and transparent EU Farm policy from 2023 onwards was approved in the EP’s Agriculture Committee on Thursday.

The latest Commission’s aid package is not enough to help wine, fruit and vegetable producers deal with effects of the pandemic and unless improved, its smooth approval cannot be guaranteed.

The Farm to Fork strategy must build on the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 crisis and give farmers the support they need to guarantee food security all across the EU.

Ministers are outlining the priorities of the German Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series of meetings.

Ministers are outlining the priorities of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series of meetings.

Following this week’s trilateral talks on EU farm policy reform, lead EP negotiators Lins, Jahr, Müller and Andrieu plan to hold a press conference on Friday, at 16.00.

Ministers outlined the priorities of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series of meetings.

Ministers outlined the priorities of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series of meetings.

All of the EP’s 20 standing committees and two subcommittees held their constitutive meetings on Wednesday to elect their chair and vice-chairs.

MEPs will debate a citizens’ initiative to ban the use of cages for farm animals , together with experts, Commissioners and representatives of other EU bodies on Thursday.

New rules on more responsible ways to produce, sell and use medicated feed to tackle the spread of antimicrobial resistance were informally agreed with Council’s negotiators on Tuesday.

The EU and its member states must enforce existing rules on protecting transported animals better and penalise all offenders, the Agriculture Committee said on Thursday.

The EU must step up support for beekeepers, ban harmful pesticides, invest more in developing safe bee drugs and clamp down on imports of fake honey, say MEPs.

Ministers outlined the priorities of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series of meetings.

MEPs will discuss the situation of the farming sector with Ukrainian Minister for Agriculture Leshchenko in an Agriculture Committee meeting on Tuesday, 22 March.

The EP Agriculture Committee endorsed on Tuesday the agreement with the Council on the basic set of rules to ensure a smooth transition from the current EU farm policy to the future one.

On Thursday, MEPs debated a citizens’ initiative to ban the use of cages for farm animals, together with organisers of the initiative, Commissioners and representatives of other EU bodies.

A European Citizens’ Initiative petition calling for an EU-wide ban on herbicide glyphosate was discussed on Monday with the petitioners and the European Commission.

Parliament and Council negotiators reached a partial agreement on the second batch of rules to ensure a smooth transition from current EU farm policy to the future one, on Tuesday.

Council’s lack of flexibility threatens security for EU farmers, Agriculture Committee Chair Norbert Lins warned, calling on Council to return to proper negotiations.