MEPs to question Commission on Schmallenberg outbreak
15/03/2012
MEPs will today (Thursday) question the European Commission on its plans to address the outbreak of the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) which is causing a range of deformities and stillbirths in sheep, goats and cattle in a number of...
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The European Parliament puts an end to the war against hormone-treated beef
13/03/2012
During the Strasbourg plenary session tomorrow the European Parliament will end the twenty year old transatlantic beef wars. Condemned by the WTO for its refusal to import hormone-treated beef originating in the United States and...
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CAP funds must not be wasted
07/02/2012
The Liberal Group in the European Parliament (ALDE) is pushing for an output rather than input oriented reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that will put an end to the wasteful and misused spending of CAP funds by EU...
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Time to tackle food wastage
19/01/2012
The European Parliament will today push the European Commission to come forward with a coordinated EU strategy to halve food waste by 2025.
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CAP reform proposals fail key test of sustainability and competitiveness
12/10/2011
The European Commission's eagerly awaited proposals for an overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2013 have been criticised today as a mixture between good and bad ideas that ultimately fail the key test of...
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CAP reforms must deliver sustainability and competitiveness
23/06/2011
The Liberal and Democrat Group (ALDE) in the European Parliament today made a firm political statement in favour of a market-orientated and sustainable agriculture in Europe by voting against the Dess report on reforming the...
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CAP reform: we need bold reform not timid status quo
25/05/2011
Commenting on the Agriculture Committee vote on the Dess (EPP, Germany) Report on the future of the CAP this afternoon, George Lyon MEP (LibDem, United Kingdom), ALDE AGRI coordinator, said:
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Commission Report another step on road to CAP reform
18/11/2010
George Lyon (Liberal Democrat, UK), ALDE Spokesman on Agriculture, has welcomed the European Commission’s report on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as another step on the long road to reform.
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EP strikes balance between animal rights and vital medical research
08/09/2010
In adopting a report on the controversial topic of scientific research on animals, MEPs today gave their green light (in 2nd reading) to a compromise package negotiated over many months with Member States to raise the level of...
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Farmers deserve a fairer share of the revenue from the food supply chain
07/09/2010
The European Parliament in Strasbourg adopted a report today on fair revenues for farmers: a better functioning of the food supply chain.
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