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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12877

27 January 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 32
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
MEPs remain concerned about effects of ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy on agricultural sector
Brussels, 26/01/2022 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 25 January, the majority of MEPs were concerned about the impact of the Farm to Fork strategy on the agricultural sector.

A joint public hearing of the Committees on the Environment and Agriculture took place on Tuesday regarding the impact of the strategy on agricultural and food systems.

Two experts, Jayson Beckman from the Economic Research Service at the US Department of Agriculture and Roel Jongeneel from Wageningen University, recalled the conclusions of their studies on...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: European Commission unveils its proposal for declaration of digital rights and principles
DIGITAL: ‘digital decade’, French Presidency of EU Council wants to give Member States more room for manoeuvre
HOME AFFAIRS: MEPs give Commission’s Schengen Code review proposals mixed reception
MIGRATION: Member States asked to take position on emergency measures for Poland, Lithuania and Latvia
AGRICULTURE: MEPs remain concerned about effects of ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy on agricultural sector
CLIMATE: inclusion of agriculture in LULUCF regulation divides MEPs
CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT: Barbara Pompili insists on need to maintain coherence and ambition of ‘Fit for 55’ package
INDUSTRY: common charger, EU Council improves consumer information
ENERGY: MEPs approve provisional agreement between European Parliament and EU Council on revision of ‘TEN-E’ Regulation
COHESION: Jacqueline Gourault tries to temper consequences of delay in programming Cohesion Fund
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Vice-Admiral Bléjean in favour of extending EUTM Mozambique mission to Cabo Delgado province
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: in Kiev, Mr Várhelyi reiterates EU’s support for country
BURKINA FASO: EU condemns military coup and reiterates its demand for an immediate return to constitutional order
DEVELOPMENT: Beata Kempa’s draft report aims to guide EU in combating hunger and malnutrition in poor countries
TRADE: after European Commission, European Parliament wants to strengthen Generalised Scheme of Preferences and make it more effective
TRADE: MEPs want to toughen up instrument on distortive foreign subsidies
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COMPETITION: General Court annuls €1.06 billion fine imposed on Intel in 2009
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: green light for €2.7 billion support for Romanian power company CE Oltenia
TAXATION: MEPs want European framework for national withholding tax regimes
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: eight parliamentary committees and three sub-committees renew their bureaux
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: Élisabeth Borne insists on need for legal analysis of directive on protection of digital platform workers
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Robert Spano wants European Court of Human Rights to “matter” in a changing world
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: French Presidency of EU Council submits document on low-carbon agriculture to experts
AGRICULTURE: two more EU Member States submit their CAP strategic plans
FUTURE OF EU: nearly one in two Europeans see climate change as most important global issue for EU’s future
CLIMATE/FINANCE: EU taxonomy, European Commission is planning to adopt complementary delegated act on gas and nuclear on 2 February
TRADE: 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva remains uncertain
TRADE: EU calls for WTO consultations with Egypt
EDUCATION: Member State support for creation of legal status for European universities
COMPANIES: Pascal Canfin advocates linking executive bonuses to sustainability performance of their companies
RULE OF LAW: moving to an EU Council vote on so-called ‘Article 7’ procedures would be “ineffective”, says Clément Beaune
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: MEPs approve Interinstitutional Agreement on free data roaming