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EESC secretary-general
Luis Planas Puchades, who until last summer was minister for agriculture, fisheries and environment in the regional government of Andalusia, has been chosen as the next secretary-general of the...
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The south (of Europe) will rise again
MADRID — The days of Spain playing a bit role in Brussels are finally coming to an end. Madrid has a great opportunity to shape EU politics and policies over the next five years. Italy and Poland — not...
View ArticleThe new faces in Spain’s coalition government
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presented his new government Monday, and gave a senior role to the leader of his far-left coalition partner. A total of 22 secretaries of state were sworn in, five...
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Beef farmers are the new coal miners
This article is part of the special report The World in 2050. The coal fields of Wales, Belgium, Germany and Poland used to be the beating hearts of Europe’s industrial might. Now the mines that once...
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Brussels confronts EU countries over pesticides and animal welfare
EU countries are undermining Brussels’ Green Deal before it’s even begun. The European Commission has threatened to take every EU government to court if they continue to flout the bloc’s rules on...
View ArticleSpanish right woos farmers to shore up southern takeover
Right-wing parties in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia are capitalizing on farmers’ anger at the left-wing government in Madrid to try to solidify a recent resurgence in what was long a...
View ArticleGermany slams Timmermans over farm reform
Germany’s Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner on Tuesday directly accused the EU’s Green Deal chief Frans Timmermans of damaging the credibility of the European Commission through his role in...
View ArticleSpain’s carne conflict highlights scale of Europe’s meat emissions challenge
It’s not a good time to organize a barbecue for Spain’s ruling politicians. In the past few days, the left-wing coalition government has been bickering over meat-eating. Consumer Affairs Minister...
View ArticleItaly claims it’s winning the war against French food labels
Only weeks after signing a historic treaty to boost cooperation with Paris, Italy is redoubling its attacks on a transalpine front line where it will probably never see eye to eye with France: food....
View ArticleMacron’s fair trade ‘crusade’ faces enemies within
French President Emmanuel Macron will have to fight familiar enemies — both outside and within the EU — as Paris vows a “crusade” to make Europe’s trade policy fairer for farmers and greener for the...
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Like it or not, gene-edited crops are coming to the EU
This summer’s drought — thought to be Europe’s worst in at least 500 years — wreaked havoc on crops across much of the Continent, parching sunflower fields in Hungary, slashing Spain’s olive harvest...
View ArticleFrance backs Spain’s plea for EU crisis funds as drought hits farmers
France will support Spain’s request for EU emergency funds to help farmers hit by extreme drought, Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau said Thursday. Paris will show “solidarity in the European...
View ArticleLow-speed zone: Europe’s super crops revolution hits bottleneck
“Would you rather feed gene-edited lettuce to your kids or no lettuce at all?” asks Mónica Álvaro, an agronomist specialized in organic farming. Álvaro is clear: she wouldn’t put plants engineered in...
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