Alice Bergoënd

This one is for @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy who tipped me with the name of the French village-good practice mentioned in the article.

Caveat: the spirit is willing, but the... meat is weak :)

@alice.bergoend.euractiv.com 👇

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Mercosur trade deal to be provisionally applied, von der Leyen says The move is likely to prove controversial among anti-Mercosur sectors and EU countries critical of the deal

Mercosur trade deal to be provisionally applied, von der Leyen says

EU innovation scheme failing to involve farmers, auditors say | Euractiv Half of funded projects lacked innovation, and a third had no farm link

Where it ends up that the scheme contrived by the #EU Commission to foster #innovation systems with farmers at their core, are not delivering because they don't involve farmers.

The article of my colleague @alice.bergoend.euractiv.com

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EU innovation scheme failing to involve farmers, auditors say Half of funded projects lacked innovation, and a third had no farm link

EU innovation scheme failing to involve farmers, auditors say

How France is losing its leadership on EU agriculture | Euractiv Italy, Spain and Poland are reshaping the bloc’s food export balance

🚜 Puissance agricole de l’UE, la France voit son modèle vaciller

🪫 Dépendance hors UE, difficultés à répondre à la demande intérieure… pendant que d'autres pays gagnent du terrain

Cet article explore les raisons de cette crise, et comment s'en sortir 👇

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France’s agri-food trade surplus slumps to lowest level in decades Farm minister Annie Genevard is calling for “general mobilisation”

France’s agri-food trade surplus slumps to lowest level in decades

Where’s the beef? Brussels’ Australia trade push runs into farm politics Australia is a major meat exporter with surging exports, though the EU remains a marginal destination

Where’s the beef? Brussels’ Australia trade push runs into farm politics

🍎An EU-wide @paneurope.bsky.social study found an average of 3 different pesticide residues in apples

💣The NGO wants tools to assess their cumulative effects

🚗🍷🥃Cars, wines & spirits: What to expect from the EU-India trade deal that should be signed tomorrow in New Delhi

"If #Mercosur fails, we can forget the European Union as a global player," @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu said

EXCLUSIF : L’accord commercial UE-Inde exclura l’agriculture, selon Ursula von der Leyen | Euractiv FR

EXCLUSIF : L’accord commercial UE-Inde exclura l’agriculture, selon Ursula von der Leyen

Top EU trade official reassures MEPs over Mercosur’s provisional application The official said Mercosur countries would also need to ratify the deal and notify the EU accordingly

Top EU trade official reassures MEPs over Mercosur’s provisional application

EU-Mercosur trade deal: What you need to know The winners, the losers and the hurdles ahead of the biggest EU trade deal ever 

EU-Mercosur trade deal: What you need to know

EU countries endorse Mercosur trade deal | Euractiv Italy, the kingmaker in reaching the required majority, ultimately backed the deal

🚨Member states say yes to Mercosur deal
by @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social
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Mercosur trade deal: where EU countries stand | Euractiv A written procedure will reveal whether supporters can secure a majority for the Mercosur trade deal

EU member states should decide the fate of the controversial #Mercosur trade deal in a key vote today

Can supporters secure a majority ?

Here’s where countries stand:
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With @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social & @maria-simon.bsky.social

Mercosur: Brussels woos farm ministers with reciprocity, tariff concessions The Commission is trying to make the controversial deal more palatable to farm ministers

Mercosur: Brussels woos farm ministers with reciprocity, tariff concessions

EU farmers gear up for anti-Mercosur protests French, Irish and Polish farmers will take to the streets to oppose the signing of the trade deal on Sunday

EU farmers gear up for anti-Mercosur protests

Von der Leyen proposes to unlock €45 billion for farmers to secure support for Mercosur deal Italy and France have been pushing the Commission to grant more concessions on the agricultural policy budget

Von der Leyen proposes to unlock €45 billion for farmers to secure support for Mercosur deal

EU to sign Mercosur trade deal 12 January in Paraguay Ursula von der Leyen had hoped to sign the agreement in Brazil this week

EU to sign Mercosur trade deal 12 January in Paraguay

Slowly but surely, the @ec.europa.eu is giving France what it wants in exchange of supporting the #Mercosur deal

Neo-Nazi march returns to Sweden after 15 years, sparking political outrage "No one should have to worry," said Sweden’s prime minister Ulf Kristersson

Neo-Nazi march returns to Sweden after 15 years, sparking political outrage

Counterinsurgency: How Europe’s business lobby retook the Berlaymont The EU’s 'simplification' drive is turning into a bonanza for corporate lobbyists

Counterinsurgency: How Europe’s business lobby retook the Berlaymont

Polish minister pushes Carrefour buyout to build state food giant Move aims to curb dominance of foreign supermarket chains

Polish minister pushes Carrefour buyout to build state food giant

Far-right bloc in EU Parliament moves to delay, review anti-deforestation rules | Euractiv The changes come as Brussels enters a period of heightened political tension over efforts to finalise the EU-Mercosur trade deal, which many see as a potential driver of Amazon deforestation

MEPs backed changes to EU deforestation rules, and to delay implementation until next year. The move comes as Brussels enters a period of heightened political tension over efforts to finalise the EU-Mercosur deal, which many see as a driver of Amazon deforestation.

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Or how a panic-driven U-turn from the
@eppgroup.bsky.social exposed deep divisions in the EU Parliament over the #Mercosur deal

EXCLUSIVE: Commission plans indefinite approval for most pesticide substances | Euractiv The policy is part of the new food safety simplification package

🔦 EXCLUSIVE: The @ec.europa.eu wants to make approvals for most #pesticide active substances indefinite

⛔ Exceptions only for the most hazardous pesticides or those without alternatives

This is part of the food safety #simplification package, draft in my article

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👩‍🌾With @eppgroup.bsky.social backing the EU Commission’s budget that cuts the #CAP, @socialistsanddemocrats.eu try to claim the crown as the new “farmers’ party”

MEPs blame Metsola for blocking Mercosur court challenge MEPs view the move as a top-down intervention by Metsola, a leading EPP figure whose group largely backs the deal

MEPs blame Metsola for blocking Mercosur court challenge

Hungary goes ahead with lab-meat ban despite EU warnings Brussels told Budapest that the ban would breach EU law and disrupt the single market

Hungary goes ahead with lab-meat ban despite EU warnings

🥦After four years of crisis unparalleled elsewhere in Europe, France’s #organic sector is showing signs of recovery