AGRI Committee -  Exchange of views with EC Vice-President Timmermans on sustainable agri-food system and use of resources

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - The role of farmers as enablers of the green transition and a resilient agricultural sector

EP Plenary session - IPCC report on Climate Change: a call for urgent additional action

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, by Eric ANDRIEU (S&D,FR) and by Anne-Sophie PELLETIER (The Left, FR) on the 1st European team at the Parliamentary Rugby World Cup

EP Plenary session - The Commission communication on ensuring availability and affordability of fertilisers

EP Plenary session - CO2 emission standards for cars and vans

ENVI AGRI PETI joint committee - Public hearing ' Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment '

AGRI - Hearing on ' 60 years of the CAP: how the role of European Parliament has changed '

AGRI Committee -  EU farm policy reform: trilateral talks - Group photo .

AGRI Committee -  The trilateral negotiations between the Parliament, Council and Commission on the post-2022 EU farm policy

AGRI Committee -  CAP trilogue

EP Press conference on the CAP reform : results of the vote on the common market organisation rules

Eric ANDRIEU in the EP in Strasbourg

PEST Committee Meeting. Vote on the report on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides

PEST Committee Meeting

Press conference - The reform of the CAP and wine labelling

Conference - Pesticide free Towns - European policies, local strategies and future perspectives

Press conference by Eric ANDRIEU, Chair of the PEST Committee

PEST committee meeting. Public Hearing on EU authorisation procedure for pesticides - Commission approval of active substances.

PEST committee meeting. Hearing on EU authorisation procedure for pesticides - EFSA opinion on draft assessment reports and ECHA classification of active substances.

EU authorisation procedure for pesticide Press point by Eric ANDRIEU (S&D,FR) , Chair of the PEST Committee and by Norbert LINS (EPP,DE) and Bart STAES (Greens/EFA,BE), co-rapporteurs

Seminar for journalists

Press Point by Eric ANDRIEU, Chair of the Special Committee on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides, and Bernhard URL, EFSA executive director, on the EU authorisation process for pesticides

Constitutive meeting of the Special Committee on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides (PEST)

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

MEPs debate on the recent IPCC report on Climate Change, in particular they discuss a call for urgent additional climate action.

IPCC report on Climate Change - a call for urgent additional action: MEPs debate

The 2023 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to take place in France from 8 September to 28 October 2023. Roberta METSOLA, EP President and by Eric ANDRIEU (S&D,FR) hold a press conference on the first European team at the Rugby World Cup. Q&A session with the press.

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, by Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR) and by Anne-Sophie PELLETIER (The Left, FR) on the 1st European team at the Parliamentary Rugby World Cup: Q&A session

The 2023 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to take place in France from 8 September to 28 October 2023. Roberta METSOLA, EP President and by Eric ANDRIEU (S&D,FR) hold a press conference on the first European team at the Rugby World Cup.

Press conference on the first European team at the Parliamentary Rugby World Cup: opening remarks by Anne-Sophie PELLETIER (The Left, FR) and Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR)

MEPs debate on the European Parliament giving its final green light to set the 2035 zero-emissions target for new cars and vans, part of the "Fit for 55* package. The new legitation sets the path towards zero CO2 emmissions for new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in 2035, thus increasing the contribution road transport is making to the EU's climate neutrality target. Second part of the debate.

CO2 emission standards for cars and vans: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs are set to call on all countries to step up their 2030 climate targets before the COP27 in Egypt, to limit global warming in line with the Paris agreement. second part of the debate.

Oral question - UN Climate Change Conference 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27): MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs debate on the presentation of the programme of activities of the EU Council's French Presidency. The motto of the French Presidency is “Recovery, Strength and a Sense of Belonging”, to underline that, in order to fight the health crisis, the rise of aggressive foreign powers and climate disruption, the best response is a European response. Second part of the debate.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the French Presidency: MEPs debate (part 2/2)

The Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Parliament’s rapporteurs hold a press conference on the reformed Common Agricolture Policy, that aims to be greener, fairer, more flexible and transparent.

Press conference by Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), Peter JAHR (EPP, DE), Ulrike MÜLLER (Renew Europe, DE), and Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR) on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

MEPs debate on the new Common Agriculture Policy (CAP). Opening statements by the rapporteurs Peter JAHR (EPP, DE), Ulrike MÜLLER (Renew, DE) and Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU, ENVI Committee), by Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture. This transcript is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): opening of the joint debate by Peter JAHR (EPP, DE), Ulrike MÜLLER (Renew, DE), Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), rapporteurs, Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU), and by Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, EU Commissioner for Agriculture

MEPs debate and vote the reformed version of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) , that aims to be greener, fairer, more flexible and transparent. Statements of the 3 rapporteurs Peter JAHR (EPP, DE), Ulrike MÜLLER (Renew, DE), Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), of the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI and of MEP Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU), representing the ENVI committee. The “Strategic plans regulation” of Peter JAHR was adopted with 452 votes in favour, 178 against and 57 abstentions, the “Horizontal regulation” of Ulrike MÜLLER with 485 votes in favour, 142 against and 61 abstentions and the “Common market organisation regulation” of Eric ANDRIEU with 487 in favour, 130 against and 71 abstentions.

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): extracts from the debate and the votes, statements

Ahead of COP26 in Glasgow, MEPs are set to push for accelerated climate action worldwide and for the EU to remain a world leader in fighting climate change. MEPs are expected to express their concern that the targets announced in Paris in 2015 would result in warming well above three degrees by 2100, compared to pre-industrial levels. Second part of the debate.

UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the UK (COP26) - Oral Question: MEPs debate (part 2/2)

Parliament present plans on how Europe can produce healthier food while ensuring food security, a fair income for farmers and reducing agriculture’s environmental footprint: MEPs debate. MEPs are expected to welcome the Farm to Fork strategy, presented by the Commission in May 2020, while underlining the importance of producing healthy, animal friendly, high quality and affordable diets to European consumers. They are expected to demand that farmers must earn a fair share of the profit from sustainably produced food. Second part of the debate.

A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system: MEPs debate (part 2/2)

During the plenary session (13-16 September 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Ursula VON DER LEYEN delivers the State of the European Union (SOTEU 2021) to the MEPs. MEPs debate (part 2/3)

State of the European Union 2021 debate: MEPs debate (part 2/3)

During the plenary session (5-8 July 2021) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the presentation of the Slovenian Presidency’s priorities for the second half of 2021. MEPs debate (2/2)

Presentation of the program of activities of the Slovenian Presidency: MEPs debate (2/2)

Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI), Peter JAHR (EPP, DE), Ulrike MÜLLER (Renew, DE) and Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), rapporteurs hold a press conference on the conclusion of the trilateral negotiations on the post-2022 EU farm policy. Parliament’s and Council’s negotiators reached an informal political agreement on three EU laws that will govern the 2023-2027 EU farm policy. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

Press conference by Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), AGRI Chair, Peter JAHR (EPP, DE), Ulrike MÜLLER (Renew, DE) and Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), rapporteurs following the CAP trilogue

Following the last non-decision (on 28-05-2021), the EU Farm policy reform trilogues are continuing. The main sticking points that need to be resolved consist of green architecture of the future EU farm policy, including the financial envelope for eco-schemes and for other environment- and climate-friendly measures and rules for some of the so-called Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAECs), redistributive payment to channel more money to small and medium-sized farmers, and the social dimension of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Statements by rapporteurs Ulrike MÜLLER (Renew,DE), Peter JAHR (EPP,DE) and Eric ANDRIEU (S&D,FR), and by Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, the European Commissioner for Agriculture.

CAP trilogue: arrivals, roundtable, statements

During the plenary session (7-10 June 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the European Citizens' Initiative "End the cage age": MEPs debate 2/2

European Citizens' Initiative "End the cage age": MEPs debate 2/2

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg (07 - 10 June 2021), MEPs debate the European Citizens' Initiative "End the cage age": They ask for financiel support for farmers, and the same production rules in all the EU to avoid unfair competition. Statements by Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), Rapporteur, Tatjana ŽDANOKA (Greens/EFA, LV), Rapporteur, Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Jérémy DECERLE (Renew, FR), Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), and Francisco GUERREIRO (Greens/EFA, PT).

European Citizens' Initiative "End the cage age": extracts from the debate

European Parliament, Council and Commission organise a trilogue on the common agricultural policy (CAP) for the period 2021-27, in the European Parliament in Brussels: arrivals and roundtable

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