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Neil Dullaghan
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Senior Research Manager, Rethink Priorities, Animal Welfare Department. PhD in Polici Sci EUI, MPhil Poli Sci Oxford
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The long-awaited unveiling of the EU Vision for Agriculture and Food turned out to be a funeral—for the Farm to Fork strategy. The Commission is still in denial, according to the stages of grief. But its demise is clear for all to see. I explain why in this story 👇
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
EU Commission sets Green Deal aside in new agri-food vision
The EU executive has unveiled a new vision for Europe’s agri-food system by 2040, scaling back its previous, more environmentally ambitious policy in response to mounting farmer protests. #EuropeNews
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February 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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🚨 Got my hands on a leak of the Commission’s Vision on Agriculture & Food - want to know what’s on the menu?

Here I’ve laid it out for you on a plate, in my latest for @arc2020.bsky.social 👇

www.arc2020.eu/leak-a-sneak...
LEAK: A sneak peek at the EU's new blueprint for agrifood policy
Tough on trade, but more lax on CAP – that’s a quick summary of the EU's new blueprint for agriculture and food, according to a leaked draft that ARC2020 got its hands on. So what’s on the menu for ag...
www.arc2020.eu
February 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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A 'closer coordination' you say, hmmmm

From the leak of the EU's vision on agriculture and food - more hints of a budgetary merge between cohesion and CAP
February 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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🚨 LEAK Commission's Vision for Agriculture & Food:

-Capping & degressivity of CAP payments
-Less conditions, more flexibility on CAP
-Generational renewal strategy
-'Level playing field' for trade (👇)
-Review animal welfare legislation & public procurement
-More emphasis on private investments
February 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Quick 👀 of EU's new budget plans:

- Follows the CAP's footsteps (eg national plans)
- Merges money pots into one competitiveness fund
- Power concentration at EU & national levels
- Simplification & more flexibility

Quite in line w/ my @arc2020.bsky.social analysis www.arc2020.eu/the-eu-is-mu...
The EU is Mulling a Seismic Budgetary Shift – What Would This Mean for Agri and Rural Areas?
The European Commission has been quietly weighing up options to radically overhaul its budget. This could see all of its 500+ biggest money pots merged into one mega money pot, divided out based on pl...
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February 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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With this handy graphic to help visualise the year to come (to be updated as more info comes to light!)
January 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Wondering what fun the new year will bring for agrifood policy? Want some key dates for the diary? I’ve put together this EU policy look ahead for @arc2020.bsky.social - check it out here www.arc2020.eu/the-eu-agri-...
The EU Agri-Food Playbook 2025 - What to expect, why it matters
With both a newly elected European Parliament and a new European Commission, 2025 will be a definitive year in shaping the direction of agricultural policy. So what can we expect from 2025? And what d...
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January 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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A Vox reader asked: Why is factory farming still around? Here's my quick ~1,000-word take: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
How factory farming took over America — and why it isn’t going away anytime soon
Most people don’t like factory farms. We’re stuck with them anyway.
www.vox.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Now with video recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPFk...
December 2, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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⚠️Olivér Várhelyi's evaluation is over. Confirmed: The letter of European Parliament's coordinators asked to remove competencies on health preparedness and on sexual and reproductive health rights. No further tweaks, meaning that he will keep his food and animal welfare tasks
November 20, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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Agriculture ministers meeting in Brussels this week disagreed over Europe's protein future after a position paper suggested that greater reliance on plant-based proteins could mitigate the environmental and climate impacts associated with food and feed production. Check the latest on @euronews.com
Animal or plant? EU countries at odds over protein strategy
A renewed call by EU agriculture ministers to boost local protein production has sparked a divide over the direction of a forthcoming policy initiative.
www.euronews.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:01 PM