Austriaโs new government backs greener farm subsidies, food origin labelling
Vienna wants the environmental requirements to be retained and a EU capping of direct payments.
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5 takeaways in the EUโs big agriculture (and food) vision
EU tries to make farming sexy again โ and keep farmers from revolting.
โAll must be beheadedโ: Revelations of atrocities at French energy giantโs African stronghold
Mozambican soldiers operating out of TotalEnergies’ natural gas plant abducted, raped and killed dozens of civilians.
Spat over subsidies breaks EU consensus on future of farming
EU agriculture ministers failed to reach their conclusions on the future of farming at a meeting on Monday (24 June) due to Romaniaโs disagreement on a point on the equalisation of subsidies between member states.
Slovak government scrambles for arguments amid EU farm subsidy delay
Slovak Agriculture Minister Richard Takรกฤ is keeping quiet about his meeting with European Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski over the delayed release of EU farm subsidies, known as direct payments, which the Slovak government has still not …
Slovakia delays payments to farmers, EU canโt intervene
Slovakia’s government has delayed paying EU farm subsidies, known as direct payments, to eligible farmers who, despite joining the biggest farmers’ protests in the country’s history, risk not receiving them as the European Commission confirmed the situ…
Tie farming subsidies to performance, OECD tells EU
Despite high ambitions to make farming greener, progress in the EU sustainable agriculture is stalling, according to a new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which calls to tie the blocโs extensive farming subsidies more str…