On Friday 27 February, Copa-Cogeca and AVEC, the associations representing European farmers and poultry producers, reacted strongly to the announcement by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to launch the provisional application of the agreement concluded with the Mercosur countries(see other news).
The announcement “could only be perceived by the farming sector (...) as a disregard for the well-founded concerns we have been raising for years”, emphasises...