On Tuesday 23 July, Veronika Vrecionová (ECR, Czech) was elected Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development with 31 votes in favour, 8 against and 10 abstentions (secret ballot). Terms of office are two and a half years.
“I will work hard to improve conditions for family farmers and small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises. We have to listen to them, we have to massively cut red tape, and the whole common agricultural policy has to...