The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, launched, on Thursday 25 January, the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture with the relevant shareholders, calling it a way to “overcome polarisation”, particularly over environmental legislation.
Nearly thirty representatives of farming organisations, the agri-food sector, environmental NGOs and experts met in Brussels which was chaired by the German academic, Peter Strohschneider.
Promised since September,...