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EXCLUSIVE: Top Commission official takes early retirement amid EEAS scandal www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi... @nicolettaionta.bsky.social @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social
EXCLUSIVE: Top Commission official Sannino takes early retirement amid EEAS scandal | Euractiv
His departure is the first senior resignation linked to the widening investigation
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December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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🔦 EXCLUSIVE: The @ec.europa.eu wants to make approvals for most #pesticide active substances indefinite

⛔ Exceptions only for the most hazardous pesticides or those without alternatives

This is part of the food safety #simplification package, draft in my article

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EXCLUSIVE: Commission plans indefinite approval for most pesticide substances | Euractiv
The policy is part of the new food safety simplification package
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November 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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maria-simon.bsky.social
🍗 More water in poultry products? EU Commission says no 💦

The industry warns that current limits don’t match today’s breeds 🐓

But the Commission won’t move. “When you fry the breast in the pan, you can be disappointed…”

Full story 👇🏼

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Commission refuses to allow more water in chicken meat | Euractiv
Producers say that the current limits don’t apply to today’s fast-growing animals
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November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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maria-simon.bsky.social
Unlikely to sit well with EU ministers...🐟
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November 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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maria-simon.bsky.social
📣“Good law-making cannot be compromised even for the sake of urgency” said @ombudsman.europa.eu
EU Ombudsman accuses Commission of maladministration over farm rule changes | Euractiv
The first CAP simplification package followed a wave of farmer protests across the EU and was deemed politically urgent by the Commission
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November 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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#Agrifood: #EU heads closer to food gene-editing law after Parliament changes course, by @maria-simon.bsky.social & @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social | Euractiv
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EU heads closer to food gene-editing law after Parliament changes course | Euractiv
MEPs are divided along fault lines that are not simply left and right
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December 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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maria-simon.bsky.social
In case you missed it ⚠️🧬 The latest on NGTs, as usual w/ @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social 👇
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Brussels strikes long-awaited deal on gene-edited crops | Euractiv
If approved, the transitional deal will ease market access for plants obtained with techniques more sophisticated than those used for GMOs
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December 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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The Trump administration told states that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, in a move that added to the chaos surrounding the nation’s largest anti-hunger program during the government shutdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
A close-up of an individual’s hands, wearing a fuzzy, light-colored fleece, arranging cans of food on a table. Cans of black beans and tomato are visible. A headline reads: "Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work To Send Full Food Stamps." Photo by Marco Postigo Storel for The New York Times.
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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📣 Stay in the loop on the next EU budget 💶

🎢 Our reporters are covering every twist and turn, LIVE, of what is set to be the most important budget in EU history.

🔖 Bookmark and keep this link open, as we report on von der Leyen's proposal, and initial reactions.

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July 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social
Fertiliser prices in Europe are already feeling the impact of the conflict between Israel and Iran, as disruptions to gas flows and concerns over the strategic Strait of Hormuz threaten to rattle global supply chains.
June 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Austria’s farmer MEPs at loggerheads over EU anti-deforestation rules
Austria’s farmer MEPs at loggerheads over EU anti-deforestation rules
“It’s not about withdrawing this one,” Bernhuber said. “It’s really only about making changes.”
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June 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Berlin plans rollback of key anti-pollution farming rule
Berlin plans rollback of key anti-pollution farming rule
The Agriculture Ministry calls the rule “unnecessary bureaucracy” – though it takes just five hours a year to complete.
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June 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Kyiv must meet EU farm standards to unlock more tariff-free exports
Kyiv must meet EU farm standards to unlock more tariff-free exports
Talks with between the EU and Ukraine formally kicked off on 2 June, an EU official said, are ongoing “almost daily,” and both sides want to reach a new agreement by July.
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June 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social
Great explainer on rare earths and why they’re so crucial for defence
June 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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EU eyes fast-track for novel foods in Biotech Act
EU eyes fast-track for novel foods in Biotech Act
A draft version of the Life Sciences Strategy, set to be published on 2 July, states that the upcoming Biotech Act will address the EU’s novel food regulation.
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June 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social
NEW: The European Parliament has called off the final round of negotiations on gene-edited crops under the Polish EU Presidency, with MEPs accusing the Council and Commission of sidelining them during the talks.

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MEPs pull plug on gene-editing talks, blame Council for deadlock - Euractiv
Final negotiations collapse as Parliament accuses EU Council and Commission of sidelining its position on sustainability, labelling, and patents.
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June 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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MEPs pull plug on gene-editing talks, blame Council for deadlock
MEPs pull plug on gene-editing talks, blame Council for deadlock
Final negotiations collapse as Parliament accuses EU Council and Commission of sidelining its position on sustainability, labelling, and patents.
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June 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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🍞Traces of heavy metals in bread and pasta are worrying French doctors... and why the problem extends beyond France's borders⬇️
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Heavy metal traces in bread and pasta worry French doctors - Euractiv
Originating from rocks used in phosphate fertilisers, cadmium is a carcinogenic heavy metal that accumulates in soil and crops through agricultural use, making food the main source of human exposure.
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June 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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maria-simon.bsky.social
“In Ukraine, you have agri holdings that have 600K ha. This is 4 times the entire production of the member state where I come from!” (🇱🇺) said @christophehansen.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Sandeel row latest via @maria-simon.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Euractiv is thrilled to announce renowned investigative reporter @elisabraun.bsky.social is joining the team.

'Her decision to join shows confidence in us. It proves that we can and do hire the best, in order to be the best,' Editor in Chief Matthew Karnitschnig.
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Renowned investigative reporter Elisa Braun joins Euractiv - Euractiv
[Brussels, 26 June 2025] Euractiv is thrilled to announce that Elisa Braun is joining our team as Senior Politics Reporter. "I have been looking forward to announcing that Elisa is joining Euractiv fo...
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June 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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maria-simon.bsky.social
A coalition of EU countries (including food heavyweights 🇫🇷,🇪🇸, 🇮🇹) will renew their push to ban the use of “traditional” meat names for plant-based products 🌱👇🏼
June 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Member states call for exemption of exported wines from labelling rules
Member states call for exemption of exported wines from labelling rules
In their position, member states back the term ‘low alcohol’ over the EU executive’s proposed ‘alcohol-light’, and call for a greater share of public funds to be allocated to promotion.
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June 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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EU farm lobbies put consensus on agriculture under strain 
EU farm lobbies put consensus on agriculture under strain 
Copa and Cogeca warned that farmers were prepared to hit the streets over budgetary concerns. "If we need it, we are ready (...) I have the tractor at home," said Copa's chief.
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June 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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owenmorganeu.bsky.social
One month on from the EU-UK reset, attention turns to which products get carve outs from ‘dynamic alignment’ under the SPS deal

Two candidates: Foie gras (Britain wants to ban it on animal health grounds) and smoky flavouring (EU to ban it on human health grounds)

via @maria-simon.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM