On Thursday, 8 January, the EU’s agricultural cooperatives and organisations (Copa-Cogeca) acknowledged the responsiveness of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, as well as the immediate, concrete efforts that European commissioners and ministers had made the previous day to respond to the sector’s concerns (see EUROPE B13781A4).
“However, the proposals presented fall short of addressing the depth and urgency of the challenges faced on the ground”,...