Ireland, Poland and Spain push for import bans over overfishing

Illegal vaccines are circulating in Greece, unrest over veterinary measures has rocked France and Spain

Wednesday's meeting was meant to be the final round of talks between European Parliament and Council to agree on a review of the Common Market Organisation

Booksellers warn 'millions of books risk destruction'

If approved, the transitional deal will ease market access for plants obtained with techniques more sophisticated than those used for GMOs

MEPs are divided along fault lines that are not simply left and right

The first CAP simplification package followed a wave of farmer protests across the EU and was deemed politically urgent by the Commission

Producers say that the current limits don’t apply to today’s fast-growing animals

Brussels told Budapest that the ban would breach EU law and disrupt the single market

Being part of Geert Wilders’ short-lived government cost the right-wing farmers’ party seats, but not survival

Lawmakers back stricter labelling for meat alternatives

But environmental groups warn cormorants are being scapegoated for Europe’s declining fish stocks

Sailing out for tuna is an attractive prospect for some of the country's youth looking for a career

EU plans CAP reform into a single fund, dropping rural development but keeping direct support for farmers.

Copa and Cogeca warned that farmers were prepared to hit the streets over budgetary concerns. "If we need it, we are ready (...) I have the tractor at home," said Copa's chief.

In their position, member states back the term ‘low alcohol’ over the EU executive’s proposed ‘alcohol-light’, and call for a greater share of public funds to be allocated to promotion.

"It turns out that we don't have enough,” the Russian leader said this week of national potato stocks.

The EU poultry producers' association AVEC said the restrictions would hit the 300,000 tonnes of poultry meat  – mostly chicken breast  – that Brazil exports every year to the European bloc.

The latest CAP simplification proposal, seen by Euractiv, is another nail in the coffin of the Green Deal.

The latest CAP simplification proposal, seen by Euractiv, is another nail in the coffin of the Green Deal.

The latest CAP simplification proposal, seen by Euractiv, is another nail in the coffin of the Green Deal.

“There are other [EU] countries that push very hard on this, we will push equally hard,” the UK food minister said.

But environmental NGOs have criticised the recommendation, arguing it contradicts established scientific consensus and could undermine plant-based diets.