Center right gets its way as golden boy Hansen lands EU farm job
Ursula von der Leyenโs pick for agrifood commissioner is a political animal and skilled mediator โ qualities he will need to do a better job than his hapless predecessor.
Janusz Wojciechowski
EU agriculture commissioner: Who wants the hot potato?ย
Thereโs hardly any competition – let alone fierce rivalry – among member states for the agriculture portfolio at the European Commission. In fact, only one nominee has even expressed interest in the role.ย
EU farm chief drafts secret law on food security in last hurrah
Departing Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski breaks protocol by concocting his own food security law.
Tusk names ally Piotr Serafin as Polandโs next EU commissioner pick
Piotr Serafin, currently Poland’s ambassador to the EU, is expected to vie for influential portfolios including budget.
Triath-logs and synchronized spinning: Itโs the EU Olympics!
If Brussels was in charge of the Olympic Games, this is how it’d look.
EU agriculture chief slams the idea of reform-linked funds for farmers
The idea of having an EU budget, including for agriculture, based on political conditions and milestones, as is the case with the blocโs post-pandemic recovery fund, is “unacceptable,” the outgoing Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski told…
Evolving EU-Kazakhstan relations offer new agriculture market opportunities [Advocacy Lab Content]
Kazakhstan is a growing market opportunity for European agricultural food and beverage exports, says Wojciechowski, underlining what he hails as the emerging importance of an evolving EU-Kazakh relationship.
Wojciechowski: Agrifood sector should be spared from EU-China trade tensions
Agrifood products should be kept out of the current EU-China trade tensions as the Asian giant is a key partner for the sector, EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski told Euractiv.
Wojciechowski visits Kazakhstan, highlights favourable conditions for EU investors [Advocacy Lab Content]
A delegation of 39 agri-food businesses and organisations from across the EU, led by Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, offered Kazakhstan a taste of EU quality in a bid to expand Europe’s presence in Central Asian markets.
The frontrunners for the next European Commission
Even before the European elections, maneuvering is under way for top jobs in Brussels.
EUโs Wojciechowski โconcernedโ about Tuskโs methods
The reforms introduced in Poland by the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk are โconcerning,โ EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski told Euractiv Poland.
Campaigners pressure member states for ambitious food waste reduction targets
With around 10% of food made available to EU consumers going down the drain – and just six years to meet the 2030 UN target of halving food waste โ there is neither time nor food to waste.
Wojciechowski is โgratefulโ for farmersโ protests, CAP should be based on incentives
EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski told Euractiv he is grateful for the recent wave of farmers’ protests, which helped ensure a swift response to their problems with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), a system that should be based …
We should incentivise farmers, not force them: EU Agriculture Commissioner Wojciechowski
For months, Europe has been rocked by protests as farmers decry high costs and low prices, in addition to what they call unfair competition from Ukraine, and the constraints of environmental regulations. EU elites are worried that the farmers’ movemen…
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 …
EU countries provide billions of euros in aid to agri-food sector amid farmer protests
European Union member states have spent billions of euros supporting agricultural and food industries over the past two years, following a temporary relaxation of the bloc’s state aid rules to help businesses cope with the impact of Russia’s war in Ukr…
Macronโs camp on alert as rival leftist EU list rises in polls
In todayโs edition of the Capitals, find out more about Sweden’s foreign minister says Russia’s confrontational approach must be addressed, the Polish government blames EU agriculture commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski for farmers’ protests, and so much…
Warsaw blames EU Commissioner Wojciechowski for farmersโ protests
Polish EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski is to blame for the problems that led to farmersโ protests in Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tuskโs office said in response to a letter the EU official sent to the prime minister, adding that he sh…
EU takes the ax to green farming rules
The European Commission’s move to slash environmental requirements for farmers comes as top scientists are urging just the opposite.
EU Commission denounces Wojciechowskiโs announcement on Green Deal changes
Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowskiโs announcement of major changes to the European Green Deal is his own view and does not reflect the position of the EU executive, a Commission spokesman said on Thursday.
EU commissioner says Russian imports to Poland โnegligibleโ amid grain row
As Poland considers following in Latvia’s footsteps by banning agricultural imports from Russia that it says are destabilising the Polish market, EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski stepped in to deny that Russian grain imports to the East…
โStop imports, Green Deal outโ, says EU agriculture commissioner
EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski blamed the bloc’s โtrade and climate policiesโ for farmersโ discontent after the European Parliamentโs agriculture committee called on him to stand up for European farming.ย
EU Parliamentโs agriculture committee calls on Commissioner to stand up for farmers
Members of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee sent a letter to Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski on Tuesday (20 February), seen by Euractiv, setting out six demands to ease farmers’ discontent.ย
Portuguese farmersโ federation in Brussels to ask for โฌ60 million owed
The Confederation of Portuguese Farmers will be in Brussels from Wednesday to Friday to ask EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski to approve the โฌ60 million in state aid owed to the sector.
Polish Farmers defend Wojciechowski against Warsawโs calls for resignation
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Polish farmers backing EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, Spain’s Partido Popular saying it would pardon Puigdemont if he accepted to be tried and renounced his calls for independen…
Polish Farmers defend Wojciechowski against Warsawโs calls for resignation
Polish farmers have come to the defence of EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski after Polish Defence Minister Wลadysลaw Kosiniak-Kamysz and the opposition made calls for his resignation.
Brussels backs Ukraineโs duty-free access to EU until June 2025
Caps put forward on sugar, poultry and eggs as farmers protest against Ukrainian competition.
Baltic states want to sanction Russian food imports into the EU
The European Union and its member states must take “concrete and immediate” action to put sanctions on Russian food imports, Latvia’s Agriculture Minister Armands Krauze stressed at the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council on Tuesday (23 January).
Poland reaches deal with farmers to call off blockade of Ukraine border crossing
The agreement meets farmersโ demands for financial compensation but doesnโt include restrictions on Ukrainian imports.
Agri commissioner calls for ceiling on CAP payments toย largeย farms
European Union farming subsidies should be compulsorily capped to cope with the accession of agricultural powerhouse Ukraine, according to the EUโs Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, as discussions heat up about the future shape of the next…
Tensions mount over Ukraine agri imports amid mixed messages from Commission
Tensions are once again flaring over the impact of Ukrainian agrifood imports into the EU, with the blocโs agriculture commissioner urging action to protect the sector. However, the European Commission insists they are not considering further trade res…
Commissioner: โStrategic dialogueโ sets stage for future farming subsidies programme
The Commissionโs strategic dialogue on the future of agriculture โ which will officially be launched in January โ will help set the course of discussions on the future shape of the EUโs Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), according to Agriculture Commiss…
Eleven EU countries call for more โflexibilityโ on CAPโs fallow land rules
Eleven EU member states, including France, are calling for greater “flexibility” in the previously derogated requirement to leave land fallow under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in a proposal that has left the European Commission perplexed.
Australia trashes โnot good enoughโ EU trade deal. It will struggle to do better
Chances of getting talks back on track fade as elections loom in the EU and Down Under.
Trade talks between Australia and EU collapse
‘Unfortunately, we have not been able to make progress,’ says Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell.
EU lifts ban on Ukrainian grain imports
Commission fends off lobbying effort led by Poland to keep import ban in force.
Poland wonโt reopen its border to Ukrainian grain imports, PM says
Ban on imports to five eastern member countries is due to expire on Friday.
Commission still indecisive on Ukraine grain as time runs out
The European Commission’s top brass have not yet found an agreement on the delicate issue of Ukraineโs grain exports in their meeting on Wednesday (6 September), with only a week to go until current restrictions on the matter expire.
Commissioner: EU plans not to exempt farmers from green measures for 2024
The European Commission is not planning to allow farmers further exemptions on environmental measures for another year to boost cereal production, according to EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, despite mounting pressure to do so from me…
Commission splits from rogue Commissioner as clock ticks on crucial Ukraine ban decision
Cracks have appeared in the European Commission as it was forced to distance itself from its own Agriculture Commissioner over a crucial decision of whether to extend restrictions currently imposed on the import of Ukrainian agrifood goods.
EU farm chief backs extending Ukraine grain ban and subsidies
EU agriculture commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski has backed extending the temporary ban on Ukrainian grain imports in five frontline countries until the end of 2023 โ and proposed providing subsidies for Ukrainian grain exporters.
Temporary bans on Ukrainian grain should run until end of year, says EU Commissioner for agriculture
The temporary bans on tariff-free Ukrainian cereals should be prolonged until the end of the year, Janusz Wojciechowski, European Commissioner for agriculture, has said in comments that contradict the executive’s line.
Ursula von der Leyenโs going on vacation. Whoโs she leaving in charge of the EU?
These five commissioners have drawn the short straw this summer.
Commissioner: EU โready to exportโ all Ukraineโs grain after Black Sea route closed
The EUโs โsolidarity lanesโ initiative to help Ukraine export grain via European routes and ports could entirely replace the Black Sea route become impractical after Russia’s unilateral withdrawal from a UN-brokered deal, according to the bloc’s agricu…