Agri-Business
MEP Chris MacManus has requested the EU Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development to visit...
N.Ireland
Negotiations with the UK on its bill on the Northern Ireland (NI) Protocol are becoming increasingly difficult in the European Parliament...
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have expressed deep concerns over the collateral damage...
Other
The European Parliament's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee has elected its chair and...
EU
MEPs will vote on rules to tighten up official inspections throughout the food chain today, in order to prevent a future horsemeat scandal
The proposed EU-Canada trade deal or CETA came up for discussion in Brussels this week, where it was met with a mixed reaction from MEPs.
Plans to authorise five genetically modified organism (GMO) products by the Commission has been opposed by the European Parliament.
MEPs in Brussels today have voted for the European Commission to put forward proposals against unfair trading practices in the food supply chain.
Country of origin labelling should be made mandatory for meat and milk, MEPs have once again reiterated in a non-binding resolution.
Innovation can increase farmers' income, create rural jobs and make EU farming more sustainable, Agriculture MEPs said last week.
Environment Committee MEPs have said that the European Commission should not renew glyphosate's authorisation.
Food safety MEPs reiterated their support for introducing mandatory country of origin labelling of meat and milk, in a non-binding resolution voted on Tuesday.
Aid package to alleviate impact of the agriculture crisis on EU farmers agreed this week has been slammed as neither bold nor decisive by the chair of the European Parliment's Agriculture committee Czesław Adam Siekierski.
GMOs are being authorised in the EU without the support of Member States, according to MEPs.
Environment
New EU rules to curb the influx of pests, caused by increased trade and climate change have been agreed.
The EU needs a new strategy for the protection and animal welfare, a non-legislative resolution the European Parliament adopted on Thursday stated.
MEPs debate and vote on amendments to a European Commission proposal to ban the cloning of farm animals in the EU today.
