Europeโ€™s premium cheese producers caught in global trade crossfire

The way Europe promotes exports of traditional local produce is loathed by competitors in the U.S. and Australia. But other trade partners are copying it.

Hereโ€™s what Ursula von der Leyen SHOULD say in her State of the Union (according to us)

The European Commission president gives her big annual speech on Wednesday. POLITICO tries to work out what messages she’ll send.

Wildfires are preventable. So why does the Iberian Peninsula keep burning?

Governments canโ€™t use climate change as an excuse for failing to take preventive measures, scientists say.

The welly vote: Nigel Farage wants to win big in Britainโ€™s countryside

Inside the four-way battle to win over the country’s unhappy rural voters.

Brussels slashes the EU farm budget, calls it a win. Farmers call it a declaration of war.

The European Commission says itโ€™s protecting farmers with a smaller but ring-fenced budget. Europeโ€™s farmers say the cuts betray a post-World War II pact.

Rural energy dialogue: Advancing the Clean Industrial Deal in rural areas [Advocacy Lab Content]

Rural communities are not just energy consumers, they are increasingly important contributors to Europeโ€™s industrial and energy ecosystem.

Renewable liquid gas could transform rural energy market [Advocacy Lab Content]

With Clean Industrial Deal support, the rural energy market could be transformed, and Horizon projects could help showcase rural communitiesโ€™ contribution to the energy grid.