In Strasbourg on Wednesday 28 February, MEPs approved by a large majority (520 votes in favour, 19 against and 64 abstentions) the agreement reached with the EU Council in October 2023 on the reform of the rules on agricultural geographical indications (GIs) (see EUROPE B13278A1).
After the vote, rapporteur Paolo De Castro (S&D, Italian) welcomed the adoption of “a better system, generating added value, without public funds” and said that “after the crises sparked by the pandemic and...