Newsticker archive
Farm Wars: EU Grapples with Costs of Subsidizing Agriculture Der Spiegel 05.02.2013
Development Has Limited Role in CAP Reform Debate InDepthNews 01.02.2013
CAP reform far from a done deal Euractiv, 24.01.2013
Farmers could get paid twice over for ‘greening’ BBC – 23.01.2013
Farm lobbies put pressure on MEPs ahead of vote Europolitics, 22.01.2013
High stakes as Ireland embraces CAP reform challenge Farmers Guardian, 11.01.2013
Almost half of the world’s food thrown away, report finds The Guardian, 10.01. 2013
EU budget talk failure puts CAP reform timetable under pressure Farmers Guardian, 23.11.2012
France and Poland main winners in first round of EU budget talks EU Observer, 23.11.2012
Positions still ‘quite far apart’ at EU budget summit Euractiv, 23.11.2012
All eyes on Brussels as leaders remain divided on long-term EU budget AgraEurope, 23.11.2012
Major cuts to CAP budget ‘unacceptable’, EU farmers warn Farmers Guardian, 22.11.2012
Long-term budget deal to shape future of EU farm policy Europolitics, 22.11.2012
Green farming agenda faces EU budget axe EurActiv, 20.11.2012
Budget talks delay progress on CAP European Voice, 22.11.2012
A €1tn scandal or money well spent: where does the EU budget go? The Guardian, 22.11.2012
Battle lines drawn for EU’s budget summit European Voice, 22.11.2012
EU budget summit offers hours of hard bargaining BBC News
Latvia, Italy join club threatening to veto the EU budget EurActiv
Merkel and Cameron Deadlocked ahead of Summit Spiegel
France threatens to veto EU budget if farm funds cut, Reuters – 31.10.2012
Concern over Treasury influence on CAP reform, Farmers Weekly – 18.09.2012
Agreement on the CAP Reform possible before the end of the year, Cyprus Presidency Press Release – 22.10.2012
IFA protest ‘sent clear message’ over CAP reform, Irish Examiner – 10.10.2012
Paterson pledges to ‘hit the ground running’ on CAP reform, Farmers Guardian – 25.09.2012
Cioloş promotes ties between farmers, consumers in CAP reform, EurActiv, 20.09.2012
Benedikt Haerlin, Arc 2020, On The Good Food March, viEUws – 19.09.2012
Farmers and civil society organisations to lobby MEPs on CAP reform, EuroPolitics – 18.09.2012
Harvesting a climate disaster, New York Times – 12.09.2012
Europe Thinks Again About Food, IPS – 20.08.2012
Droughts cut Europe’s food output, raise fire risks, Euractiv – 20.08.2012
Food costs stoke debate about EU biofuels targets, Euractiv – 16.08.2012
US and France ready to act over rising food prices, The Telegraph – 13.08.2012
Countdown to the Good Food March begins, Farmers Monthly – 07.08.2012
Green groups: Barroso team too slow on environment, Euractiv – 03.07.2012
Small Farmers Creating a New Business Model as Agriculture Goes Local, New York Times – 01.07.2012
‘Small dairy farms have no future in the UK‘, Farmers Weekly – 30.06.2012
Agribusiness CAPturing EU research money?, Corporate Europe Observatory – 26.06.2012
MEPs voted for simpler food quality labels, The Parliament.com – 21.06.2012
Retailers vow to boycott ‘illegal pig farm’ meat, Farmers Guardian – 18.06.2012
Greek farmers rent patches of land to citydwellers in scheme to combat crisis, The Guardian – 14.06.2012
Rio+20 a chance to engage smallholder farms in sustainable agriculture, The Guardian – 13.06.2012
EU ignoring impact of biofuels on food security, Public Services Europe – 01.06.2012
UK MPs slam EU-wide environmental plans, Farmers Weekly – 01.06.2012
Brazil Forest Code Portions Vetoed By Dilma Rousseff, Huffington Post – 25.05.2012
European Parliament Absent in Sustainability Summit, IPS – 16.05.2012
UK families waste £270 a year on discarded food, The Guardian – 16.05.2012
Green groups decry ‘depressing’ EU farm reform deal, Euractiv, 15.05.2012
MPs urge Government caution on GM crops, Farmers Guardian, 14.05.2012
Farmers fear EU law could harm pork industry, Euractiv – 03.05.2012
Portuguese plant seeds to cope with crisis, Reuters – 18.04.2012
European Food Safety Authority admits failure on revolving doors, Corporate Europe Observatory – 18.04.2012
EU report questions conventional biofuels’ sustainability, EurActiv – 11.04.2012
France’s small-scale organic farmers celebrate 10 years of boxing clever, The Guardian – 10.04.2012
Mass protest planned against GM wheat, Farmers Weekly – 04.04.2012
Pesticides hit queen bee numbers, BBC News – 29.03.2012
Efficacy of EU’s ‘green’ CAP reform questioned, EurActiv – 26.03.2012
Honeybee decline blamed on lethal combination of chemicals and disease, The Telegraph – 22.03.2012
Osborne’s claim wildlife rules too costly for business challenged by own review, The Guardian – 22.03.2012
MEPs debate plans for greener farming policy, ENDS Europe – 22.03.2012
Greece on the breadline: ‘potato movement’ links shoppers and farmers, The Guardian – 18.03.2012
MEPs’ vote ends EU-US row on hormone-treated beef, EurActiv – 15.03.2012
French farmers fighting the taboo of pesticides, EurActiv – 06.03.2012
UK government pledges to cut farming red tape, The Guardian – 21.02.2012
Anti-GMO stance seen as hurting EU grain farmers, EurActiv – 20.02.0212
Monsanto found guilty of chemical poisoning in France, The Guardian – 13.01.2012
Spain joins France in bid to ring fence CAP budget, EurActiv – 15.03.2012
EU rules ‘encouraging farmers to plough up grasslands’, The Guardian – 03.02.2012
British Lords call for cuts in farm payments, EurActiv – 03.02.2012
Danes seek compromise on GM crops, EurActiv – 03.02.2012
Pesticides blamed for bee decline, The Independent – 29.01.2012
Disgruntled GMO firms start pulling out of EU market, EurActiv – 27.01.2012
Biodiversity in danger without swift action, MEPs say, EurActiv – 24.01.2012
New ways of farming ‘could slow bad effects of climate change’, Business Day – 23.01.2012
Parliament pushes to slash food waste in Europe, EurActiv – 19.01.2012
An end to GM crop development for Europe, Financial Times – 16.01.2012
Scientists link mass death of British bees to farm pesticides, The Herald Scotland – 15.01.2012
UK battery farms break EU rules, BBC News – 13.01.2012
‘Climate farmers’ highlight green agriculture practices, EurActiv – 09.01.2012
Chicken infected with antibiotic-resistant germs, The Local – 09.01.2012
Farmers have duty of care for the countryside, survey suggests, Farmers Guardian – 08.01.2012
NFUS welcomes renewed commitment from Spelman on CAP, Farmers Guardian – 06.01.2012
Greece must return €425 million in farm subsidies, EurActiv – 05.01.2012
Farming ‘could thrive outside EU’, Farmers Weekly – 05.01.2012
Organic conference to debate key CAP Reform and Food Security issues, FarmingUK.com – 02.01.2012
Ministers criticised over biodiversity strategy, ENDS Europe – 19.12.2011
Conclusions on biodiversity not easy to adopt, Europolitics – 19.12.2011
Reference to CAP in biodiversity conclusions deleted, EuropeanVoice.com – 19.12.2011
Study warns of worsening pesticide pollution, EurActiv – 08.12.2011
Brussels in new offensive on CAP reform, Farmers Weekly Interactive – 08.12.2011
A fairer deal for dairy farmers: MEPs and Council agree on new rules, EU Parliament Press Release – 06.12.2011
Organic farmers defend EU’s ‘green revolution’, EurActiv – 02.12.2011
Green space emerges as major CAP controversy, EurActiv – 24.11.2011
Farmers concerned about CAP reform: IFA, RTÉ News – 24.11.2011
Urgent call to reduce food waste in the EU, European Parliament – 23.11.2011
Declan O’Brien: 2013 deadline for CAP reform looking dodgey, Independent.ie – 22.11.2011
De Castro: need for a more flexible and productive CAP, European Parliament – 14. 11.2011
Devolved ministers debate CAP reform in Brussels, Farming Online – 14.11.2011
CAP plans don’t get to heart of challenges, DEFRA – 14.11.2011
CAP greening plans ‘unacceptable’, UK tells Ciolos, Farmers Guardian – 14.11.2011
EU-Agrarministerrat: Im Mittelpunkt stehen einmal mehr die GAP-Reformpläne, agrarheute – 14.11.2011
How CAP reform could affect your farm, Farmers Guardian – 10.11.2011
Cioloş defends plans to reform EU farm policy, EurActiv – 08.11.2011
EU farm reform plan poorly received – Farming Minister, Reuters – 2.11.2011
CAP proposals slammed for complicating farming, Farmers Weekly Interactive – 25.10.2011
CAP reform: Greening measures spark greatest misgivings, Europolitics – 21.10.2011
CAP reforms could be delayed for up to a year, Farmers Guardian – 21.10.2011
Green MEP slams CAP reform proposals, Farmers Guardian – 17.10.2011
Brussels vague on rural spending for 2014-2020, EurActiv – 17.10.2011
Following the release of the legislative proposals on 12th October
- France: Bruxelles veut une PAC plus “verte”, Le Monde
- Germany: Weniger Geld, mehr Umwelt, Süddeutsche
- UK: UK to dismiss Common Agricultural Policy reforms as inadequate, The Guardian
- Spain: Bruselas quiere primar aspectos ecológicos en la nueva política agraria, El Pais
- Italy: Olivicoltura, tagli Ue del 70%, Corriere del Mezzogiorno
Billions in EU aid spent on ill-defined green projects, say auditors, EUobserver – 19.09.2011
Parliament backs more ecological and fairer CAP, Europolitics – Louis Antoine; June 24, 2011
MEPs voted for a greener agricultural policy, Euroalert.net; June 24, 2011
EU Commissioner Gives Early Insight on Budget Package, PRNewswire; June 24, 2011
No cuts to CAP budget, insist MEPs, Public Service Europe; June 23, 2011
EU farm chief: GM food meets no quality, diversity criteria, Euractiv; May 3, 2011
Click on the following title for the original version (in Romanian language): EXCUSIV /Dacian Cioloş: „Pentru mine, produsele cu OMG nu corespund criteriilor de calitate” - Adevarul Europa , 3 May, Author: Ovidiu Nahoi
CAP transparency: Commission remains committed to publication of beneficiaries of EU farm aid, Midday Express; April 29, 2011
To CAP it all – by Dacian Ciolos, The Parliament; April 18, 2011
US farm subsidies face cuts; Europe’s sacred cows safe despite rising food prices, Finfacts; Apr 12, 2011
EU farm policy reform seen affecting land prices, EurActiv; 7.04.2011
Spelman sets record straight on CAP views, Farmers Weekly Interactive; 25.03.2011
Farming Consultancy: Sees EU CAP Budget Smaller In 2014, Automated Trader; 24.03.2011
CAP reform timetable slipping, Farmers Guardian; 24.03.2011
The CAP at a crossroads, European Voice; 24.03.2011
EU farm ministers agree on CAP ambitions, farminguk.com; 22.03.2011
CAP reforms ‘must bring focus back to farming’, farminguk.com; 22.03.2011
UK interests at risk over CAP stance, says NFU, Farmers Weekly Interactive; 22.03.2011
EU govts calling for far-reaching reform of the bloc’s farm policy from 2014, Balkans.com Business Week; 22.03.2011
Is the Common Agricultural Policy sustainable?, L’Anglophone; 21.03.2011
“Yellow Card” to the Commission for agriculture concessions, New Europe; 20.03.2011
Europe refuses to limit $82bn annual subsidies to big farms, The Citizens; 20.30.2011
EU states oppose plans to end farm ‘subsidy millionaires’, EUobserver; 18.03.2011
Farm reform proposals remain ‘vague’, says ex-commissioner, EUobserver, 17.03.2011
Farmers could keep subsidies in exchange for ‘going green’, European Voice; 17.03.2011
Ex-commissioner calls for ‘radical rethink’ of CAP, The Parliament; 15.03.2011
EU Commissioner insists CAP reform must embrace environmental agenda, Business Green, 16.03.2011
Clash of visions over agricultural reform, European Voice; 10.03.2011
Bresso highlights importance of Europe’s rural development, The Parliament; 09.03.2011
European Commissioner Ciolos: EU under no food crisis threat, ActMedia, 08.03.2011
EU policy must protect farmers from volatility, All About Feed; 07.03.2011
EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): Tools Protecting European Farmers, South Centre; 03.2011
Parliament questions CAP reform, Independent; 01.03.2011
Commission eyes limits to farm subsidies EurActiv, 14.10.2010
EU plans to defend farm policy but limit large payments EU Observer, 11.10.2010
Brussels to draw up ‘chemical map’ of EU land EurActiv, 06.10.2010
Europe willing to make biodiversity payments, says expert EU Observer, 28.09.2010
CAP reform: austerity or posterity? euobserver.com-Blog: Feeding the habit by Nick Jacobs, 27.09.2010
[in German] EU-Geflüster: Basisprämie hat Anhänger top agrar online, 27.09.2010
EurActiv.com Interview with Micheal Dower: Rural promoter: EU should prop up local food markets EurActiv, 23.09.2010
EU to wage war against speculation on commodity markets EurActiv, 22.09.2010
EU to check unauthorised GM potato crops in Sweden Euractiv, 07.09.2010
Energy prices, speculation to blame for recent food price hike, says World Bank EurActiv, 26.08.2010
Afghanistan and African nations at greatest risk from world food shortages The Guardian, 19.08.2010
Farm subsidies on increase Inter Press Service, 10.08.2010
Milk from cloned cow offspring exposes gap in EU food law EUobserver, 03.08.2010
L’EMB participe aux débats de la PAC de l’après 2013 en tant que membre de l’ARC AgriAvis, 21.07.2010
Débat sur la PAC: plusieurs logiques s’affrontent à Bruxelles EurActiv, 21.07.2010
Future of EU farm policy debated in Brussels EurActiv, 20.07.2010
La société civile intervient dans le débat sur l’avenir de la politique agricole Coordination Rurale 67, 20.07.2010
Une voix claire de la société civile sur la future politique agricole européenne Toute l’Europe, 12.07.2010
Parliament calls for EU ban on cloning for food Euractiv, 08.07.2010
EU label aims to boost organic farming EurActiv, 01.07.2010
Bioenergy: a carbon accounting time bomb Transport & Environment/BirdLife/EEB, 06.2010
EU advised to table rules for dairy contracts EurActiv, 16.06.2010
Growth & jobs key in EU farm policy reform, says Spain EurActiv, 21.05.2010
Farm ministers want global recognition of EU agri-food model EurActiv, 18.05.2010
EU, Mercosur relaunch trade talks, farmers opposed Reuters, 17.05.2010
Follow the subsidy-money EUobserver Blog:Watchdog by Brigitte Alfter, 05.05.2010
Farm viability in the EU – assessment of impacts of changes in farm payments LEI, Wageningen UR, The Hague, 04.2010
Verbände fordern Neuverteilung der europaeischen Agrarsubventionen Oekolandbau, 27.04.2010
Farm ministers keen to link EU aid to protection of public goods EUobserver, 27.04.2010
Commission links CAP reform to 2020 economic agenda EurActiv, 27.04.2010
If the CAP doesn’t fit The Economist, 22.04.2010
Eurobarometer survey on “Europeans, Agriculture and the Common Agricultural Policy” European Commission website, 03.2010
EU farm ministers split over food chain rules EurActiv/Reuters, 26.03.2010
Winners and losers of the next CAP reform Vox, 22.07.2009
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