Hugo Struna
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Integrated pest management struggling to gain ground in France
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is struggling to gain traction in France, despite being promoted by both the EU and the French authorities and having proven benefits for farmers and the environment. → Read More
EU ministers relaunch call to improve honey labelling
EU agriculture ministers have reiterated their call on the European Commission to revise legislation on the labelling of honey blends and protect producers and consumers when choosing the honey of their liking. → Read More
EU Commission approves a €215 million French aid scheme for glyphosate-free farms
The European Commission has approved France's €215 million aid scheme intended to help French farmers who do not use the controversial herbicide glyphosate and therefore face higher production costs. → Read More
French government wants to maintain hunting on weekends
Hunting will continue to be allowed on weekends in France, according to a government plan presented on Monday that has left environmentalists disappointed but still needs parliament approval. → Read More
France increases military aid to Ukraine with more tanks
France increases military aid to Ukraine with more tanks – EURACTIV.com → Read More
'Enjoy, it's from Europe': Brussels announces fresh agri-food promotion plan
The European Commission presented its annual working plan to help agri-food producers promote their products in the EU and abroad, with a focus on sustainability, quality, animal welfare, and healthy eating habits. → Read More
French livestock farmers not pleased with EU-Chile deal
French livestock farmers have criticised the recently agreed EU-Chile trade agreement, which slashes most tariffs between both trading blocs, as it allows Chile to trade without having to respect the same standards that bind EU member states. → Read More
Glass eel fishing can continue, despite Commission's opposition
EU fisheries ministers have decided to maintain glass eel fishing for 2023, in a decision that has been welcomed by the industry but goes against calls from the European Commission and environmental organisations to ban the practice. → Read More
Corrida: The moral dilemma of EU subsidies to breeders of fighting bulls
Farmers breeding bulls for fighting are currently eligible to receive subsidies from the EU under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), but this long-standing issue is contested by European lawmakers and campaign groups. EURACTIV France takes a deep dive into the issue. → Read More
Turkey convinced Ukraine grain deal will continue, urges EU to do its part
The Russia-Ukraine grain deal is expected to continue, though the European Union must also do its part in maintaining it, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged French President Emmanuel Macron in a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit. → Read More
High energy prices, production costs hit French malt industry hard
Production costs fuelled by the current energy crisis are reaching record highs, making it very hard for France's malt industry, the top exporter in Europe and the second-largest in the world, to keep delivering to brewers. → Read More
Brazilian elections: Lula's victory to revive EU-Mercosur agreement
The much-criticised free trade agreement between the EU and the four Latin American countries in Mercosur is currently at a standstill but will be revived if Socialist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins the Brazilian presidential elections on Sunday (30 October). → Read More
Commission, EU countries agree on importance of manure-made fertilisers
Fertilisers from livestock manure could be key to reducing costs and increasing independence from non-EU countries, according to EU27 agriculture ministers and the European Commission. → Read More
Inflation, Green Deal put heavy strain on CAP budget, says report
Inflation, combined with the European Commission's push to achieve ambitions laid out in the Green Deal, is threatening the budget for the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), according to a new report published by the think tank Farm Europe. → Read More
WTO backs EU in frozen french fries fight with Colombia
A World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel has condemned the tariffs imposed by Colombia on imports of frozen French fries, siding with the EU - but the years-long spat between the two sides on the matter is far from over. → Read More
Citizens initiative to phase out synthetic pesticides placed on EU agenda
A European Citizens' Initiative calling for a complete phase-out of synthetic pesticides by 2035 has passed the 1 million signature threshold needed to place it on the agenda of the European Commission and Parliament. → Read More
French government releases strategic fuel stocks amid shortage
French government releases strategic fuel stocks amid shortage – EURACTIV.com → Read More
French citizens oppose construction of new mega-biogas producer
A small town near the French city of Nantes could soon welcome a new anaerobic digester benefitting up to 200 farmers, but locals oppose the plan over concerns of environmental harm. → Read More
French MEP Stéphane Séjourné voted leader of new presidential party
The presidential party En marche! – renamed La République en marche (LREM) – officially became Renaissance (Renew) during a congress at the Louvre on Saturday, with members voting for a new leadership led by Stéphane Séjourné, president of the Renaissance group in the European Parliament. “Renaissance will be a real political party,” “structured but not fixed,” warned the leader of the Renew… → Read More
MEPs balance economic, climate issues in bloc's new forest strategy
MEPs approved the EU's New Forest Strategy for 2030 on Tuesday (13 September), which seeks to find a balance between the economic, social and environmental aspects of sustainable forest management. → Read More