EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Agriculture

European Parliament calls for “urgent action plan” by EU to ensure food security at a time of war in Ukraine

Brussels, 24/03/2022 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 24 March, the European Parliament adopted (413 votes in favour, 120 against and 49 abstentions) a joint resolution (EPP, S&D, Renew Europe, ECR) in favour of an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

An EPP amendment calling for a review of the ‘Farm to Fork’ and ‘Biodiversity’ strategies was narrowly defeated (274 votes in favour, 289 against, 20 abstentions). Another amendment from this group, which was endorsed,...