MEPs from the European Parliament’s Committees on Environment, Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and on Agriculture (AGRI) finalised, on Friday 10 September, their recipe for healthy and sustainable food systems in Europe and the world by making their recommendations on the EU’s ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy.
The joint own-initiative report by Anja Hazekamp (GUE/NGL, Netherlands) and Herbert Dorfmann (EPP, Italy), duly amended, was adopted by 94 votes to 20 with 10 abstentions. The day before, all compromise amendments had been adopted (see EUROPE 12787/16, 12632/19).
While they endorsed the binding targets and ambitions of the strategy, the MEPs recommend that the environmental ambition required by the European Green Deal - notably the target of halving pesticide use - should be accompanied by support for the farmers’ transition to ensure the economic sustainability of the whole supply chain.
The MEPs reiterated the Parliament’s call on the Commission to ensure that the revision of the guidelines for the protection of bees from pesticides guarantees the level of protection as set out in the 2013 EFSA guidance document.
They also insisted on the coherence of policies, such as the CAP and trade policy, and on the involvement of all stakeholders, including consumers.
The European Parliament will vote on this own-initiative report in October. (Original version in French by Aminata Niang)