Camille Perrin
@perrincam.bsky.social
🍎 #FoodPolicy nerd with a keen interest in #European politics.
Working at EU Food Policy Coalition (@eufpc.bsky.social) during daytime.
Previously @beuc.eu
#Agriculture #FoodSystems
🇫🇷 living in 🇧🇪
Posts in FR and EN.
*Views are mine* (she/her)
Working at EU Food Policy Coalition (@eufpc.bsky.social) during daytime.
Previously @beuc.eu
#Agriculture #FoodSystems
🇫🇷 living in 🇧🇪
Posts in FR and EN.
*Views are mine* (she/her)
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Camille Perrin
@perrincam.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Hi people interested in EU Food & Agriculture policy! I have created a #StarterPack … but it needs to grow, I am sure we are a lot more here! Let me know if you wish to be added :)
#FoodSystems #FoodStudies
go.bsky.app/GGZk82Q
#FoodSystems #FoodStudies
go.bsky.app/GGZk82Q
“The gap between producer and consumer prices is widening”. “Average profit margins of retailers and manufacturers have been rising for over ten years.”
Key findings (warnings?) from a report published yesterday by the 🇩🇪 Monopoly Commission.
#FairFoodChain
www.monopolkommission.de/en/reports/s...
Key findings (warnings?) from a report published yesterday by the 🇩🇪 Monopoly Commission.
#FairFoodChain
www.monopolkommission.de/en/reports/s...
Special Report 84: Competition in the Food Supply Chain - Monopolkommission
Monopolkommission
www.monopolkommission.de
November 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
“The gap between producer and consumer prices is widening”. “Average profit margins of retailers and manufacturers have been rising for over ten years.”
Key findings (warnings?) from a report published yesterday by the 🇩🇪 Monopoly Commission.
#FairFoodChain
www.monopolkommission.de/en/reports/s...
Key findings (warnings?) from a report published yesterday by the 🇩🇪 Monopoly Commission.
#FairFoodChain
www.monopolkommission.de/en/reports/s...
Not only do fast-growing broiler chicken suffer many welfare issues, but consumers buying such meat are paying water for the price of protein.
Good that the Commission is rejecting calls to weaken rules that protect systems better for animals and consumer wallets.
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
Good that the Commission is rejecting calls to weaken rules that protect systems better for animals and consumer wallets.
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
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
www.euractiv.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Not only do fast-growing broiler chicken suffer many welfare issues, but consumers buying such meat are paying water for the price of protein.
Good that the Commission is rejecting calls to weaken rules that protect systems better for animals and consumer wallets.
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
Good that the Commission is rejecting calls to weaken rules that protect systems better for animals and consumer wallets.
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
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Seeing as they've *already* evacuated all the fossil fuel and industrial agriculture lobbyists, maybe best to just not let them back in?
#COP30
#COP30
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Seeing as they've *already* evacuated all the fossil fuel and industrial agriculture lobbyists, maybe best to just not let them back in?
#COP30
#COP30
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🚨Worrying news in Brussels.
The EU Commission is proposing to quietly slash Europe’s vital #pesticide safety laws – granting unlimited approvals & sidelining independent science.
This puts nature, workers safety & people's health at risk – just when stronger protections are needed.
#FoodSafety
The EU Commission is proposing to quietly slash Europe’s vital #pesticide safety laws – granting unlimited approvals & sidelining independent science.
This puts nature, workers safety & people's health at risk – just when stronger protections are needed.
#FoodSafety
A draft Omnibus regulation on Food and Feed reveals that the European Commission’s DG SANTE is attempting to deregulate all chemical #pesticides.
Read more here: www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
Read more here: www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
EU Commission proposes unlimited pesticide approvals: Science abandoned, industry interests above health and environment
A draft Omnibus regulation on Food and Feed reveals that the European Commission’s DG SANTE is attempting to deregulate all chemical pesticides. This comes under the guise of “simplification”, intende...
www.pan-europe.info
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🚨Worrying news in Brussels.
The EU Commission is proposing to quietly slash Europe’s vital #pesticide safety laws – granting unlimited approvals & sidelining independent science.
This puts nature, workers safety & people's health at risk – just when stronger protections are needed.
#FoodSafety
The EU Commission is proposing to quietly slash Europe’s vital #pesticide safety laws – granting unlimited approvals & sidelining independent science.
This puts nature, workers safety & people's health at risk – just when stronger protections are needed.
#FoodSafety
« La vérité est que la malbouffe, au travers des maladies qu’elle provoque, détruit davantage de valeur qu’elle n’en crée pour la société, et qu’il est temps d’arrêter les frais. » 🎯
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
La malbouffe, un coût colossal pour la société
ÉDITORIAL. Alors que les dépenses de santé explosent, il est urgent de mettre en œuvre des politiques de prévention contre les aliments ultratransformés et ses effets mortifères. La bataille s’annonce...
www.lemonde.fr
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
« La vérité est que la malbouffe, au travers des maladies qu’elle provoque, détruit davantage de valeur qu’elle n’en crée pour la société, et qu’il est temps d’arrêter les frais. » 🎯
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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I agree.
Future generations will ask us what we did.
Future generations will ask us what we did.
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I agree.
Future generations will ask us what we did.
Future generations will ask us what we did.
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📢 Alarm Bells: Unlimited Pesticides 📢
An internal EU Commission draft proposes unlimited pesticide approvals, scrapping science-based risk checks, and 3 extra years of use after bans.
A 30-year rollback that puts people's health and nature on the line 😷
Commissioners must reject it! More below ⬇️
An internal EU Commission draft proposes unlimited pesticide approvals, scrapping science-based risk checks, and 3 extra years of use after bans.
A 30-year rollback that puts people's health and nature on the line 😷
Commissioners must reject it! More below ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
📢 Alarm Bells: Unlimited Pesticides 📢
An internal EU Commission draft proposes unlimited pesticide approvals, scrapping science-based risk checks, and 3 extra years of use after bans.
A 30-year rollback that puts people's health and nature on the line 😷
Commissioners must reject it! More below ⬇️
An internal EU Commission draft proposes unlimited pesticide approvals, scrapping science-based risk checks, and 3 extra years of use after bans.
A 30-year rollback that puts people's health and nature on the line 😷
Commissioners must reject it! More below ⬇️
When will the dismantling of our laws stop? First environmental and social protections, now rules that protect our privacy online.
Is the EU so weak that it needs to give in to every single request of US big tech companies?
www.beuc.eu/press-releas...
Is the EU so weak that it needs to give in to every single request of US big tech companies?
www.beuc.eu/press-releas...
EU’s plan to simplify digital laws to benefit mainly large companies at the expense of consumers
The Commission's digital omnibus proposal raises serious concerns regarding consumers’ online privacy and protection. Rather than provide simplification for Europeans, the text presents a watering dow...
www.beuc.eu
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
When will the dismantling of our laws stop? First environmental and social protections, now rules that protect our privacy online.
Is the EU so weak that it needs to give in to every single request of US big tech companies?
www.beuc.eu/press-releas...
Is the EU so weak that it needs to give in to every single request of US big tech companies?
www.beuc.eu/press-releas...
This is so SPOT ON!
145 MEPs tabled a motion to refer the EU-Mercosur deal to the Court of Justice of the EU
The EPP wants to block that motion at a key meeting TONIGHT
Why? If the deal is legal, let the courts say so
What’s the EPP afraid of?
Is it because they think the court will find an issue?
#StopEUMercosur
The EPP wants to block that motion at a key meeting TONIGHT
Why? If the deal is legal, let the courts say so
What’s the EPP afraid of?
Is it because they think the court will find an issue?
#StopEUMercosur
November 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This is so SPOT ON!
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They call for:
🌾 Fair farmer income support
🌱 Create the economic conditions for the agroecological (e.g., organic) transition
🚜 Make farming attractive
🌿 Invest in ecosystems and support farmers in the transition
❌ End harmful subsidies
💶 EU budget that delivers on public goals
#MakeCAPWork
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🌾 Fair farmer income support
🌱 Create the economic conditions for the agroecological (e.g., organic) transition
🚜 Make farming attractive
🌿 Invest in ecosystems and support farmers in the transition
❌ End harmful subsidies
💶 EU budget that delivers on public goals
#MakeCAPWork
2/2
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
They call for:
🌾 Fair farmer income support
🌱 Create the economic conditions for the agroecological (e.g., organic) transition
🚜 Make farming attractive
🌿 Invest in ecosystems and support farmers in the transition
❌ End harmful subsidies
💶 EU budget that delivers on public goals
#MakeCAPWork
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🌾 Fair farmer income support
🌱 Create the economic conditions for the agroecological (e.g., organic) transition
🚜 Make farming attractive
🌿 Invest in ecosystems and support farmers in the transition
❌ End harmful subsidies
💶 EU budget that delivers on public goals
#MakeCAPWork
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🌱 As #AGRIFISH meets today to debate the post-2027 EU farm subsidies policy, 30+ organisations — representing farmers, civil society & national coalitions — publish joint recommendations to #MakeCAPWork for farmers, people, nature, climate & farm animals.
✍️👉 bit.ly/4pfSRe6
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✍️👉 bit.ly/4pfSRe6
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November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌱 As #AGRIFISH meets today to debate the post-2027 EU farm subsidies policy, 30+ organisations — representing farmers, civil society & national coalitions — publish joint recommendations to #MakeCAPWork for farmers, people, nature, climate & farm animals.
✍️👉 bit.ly/4pfSRe6
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✍️👉 bit.ly/4pfSRe6
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Diets evolve faster than we think. In the UK, a long-running survey has tracked what families buy each week since 1940. The latest results reveal massive shifts in just three generations — and debunk the idea that our diets are purely cultural and unchangeable.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
From builder’s tea to oat milk coffee, how British family eating habits have changed since WW2
New survey data shows that British families eat a significantly larger variety of foods since 1940
www.gov.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Diets evolve faster than we think. In the UK, a long-running survey has tracked what families buy each week since 1940. The latest results reveal massive shifts in just three generations — and debunk the idea that our diets are purely cultural and unchangeable.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
« Depuis octobre 2024, [Danone] rémunère [l’influenceuse Jessie Inchauspé] pour faire partie de son «Conseil pour la santé intestinale». Combien ? «Cette information est privée», réplique un des porte-parole de Glucose Goddess. »
www.liberation.fr/societe/sant...
www.liberation.fr/societe/sant...
Danone, Charal, Bel : les arrière-cuisines des géants de l’agro-industrie pour vendre leurs produits protéinés
Des mastodontes de l’agro-alimentaire comme Danone, Bel ou Charal rémunèrent discrètement des scientifiques pour promouvoir les protéines.
www.liberation.fr
November 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
« Depuis octobre 2024, [Danone] rémunère [l’influenceuse Jessie Inchauspé] pour faire partie de son «Conseil pour la santé intestinale». Combien ? «Cette information est privée», réplique un des porte-parole de Glucose Goddess. »
www.liberation.fr/societe/sant...
www.liberation.fr/societe/sant...
« Si les habitants tentent de "résister" en soutenant l'agriculture familiale, minoritaire, il leur devient difficile de lutter contre l'avancée du soja. D'autant qu'ils sont entourés d'exploitations qui utilisent massivement les pesticides. »
www.franceinfo.fr/environnemen...
www.franceinfo.fr/environnemen...
REPORTAGE. "Tout a été vendu, tout a été détruit : à Santarem, la "dévastation" d'un territoire grignoté par le soja dans l'Amazonie brésilienne
En vingt ans, 80 000 hectares de monocultures de soja, de maïs et de sorgho ont été plantés dans l'Etat du Para, qui accueille la COP30 depuis le 10 novembre. Au détriment de la forêt et des communaut...
www.franceinfo.fr
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
« Si les habitants tentent de "résister" en soutenant l'agriculture familiale, minoritaire, il leur devient difficile de lutter contre l'avancée du soja. D'autant qu'ils sont entourés d'exploitations qui utilisent massivement les pesticides. »
www.franceinfo.fr/environnemen...
www.franceinfo.fr/environnemen...
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Diplomatically unprecedented.
The German far-right opposition has reportedly been invited to Washington for an official strategy session with Republicans in the US Congress.
The German far-right opposition has reportedly been invited to Washington for an official strategy session with Republicans in the US Congress.
Large far-right German delegation to visit Washington, Trump ally says
The invitation to the capital comes as Alternative for Germany politicians seek to build closer ties to the U.S. government.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Diplomatically unprecedented.
The German far-right opposition has reportedly been invited to Washington for an official strategy session with Republicans in the US Congress.
The German far-right opposition has reportedly been invited to Washington for an official strategy session with Republicans in the US Congress.
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"The problem isn’t a collapse in public support [for climate action] — it is the growing disconnect between people and politics, which is being fueled by powerful interests & misinformation" write Laurence Tubiana et al
#COP30 #climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
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www.politico.eu/article/cop3...
#COP30 #climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
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www.politico.eu/article/cop3...
COP 30 could be the ‘People’s COP’
This year’s conference is an opportunity to be remembered not just for new pledges or targets but for rebooting the relationship between citizens and the climate regime.
www.politico.eu
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"The problem isn’t a collapse in public support [for climate action] — it is the growing disconnect between people and politics, which is being fueled by powerful interests & misinformation" write Laurence Tubiana et al
#COP30 #climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
1/2
www.politico.eu/article/cop3...
#COP30 #climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
1/2
www.politico.eu/article/cop3...
“Behind the scenes, food and farming corporations [..] are promoting a set of actions to tackle global warming that leave their business models intact — or better still, require public investment.”
(think e.g. push for flawed climate warming metrics and techno-fixes)
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
(think e.g. push for flawed climate warming metrics and techno-fixes)
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
In the city of Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil has kicked off the COP30 climate conference, a summit framed as a pivotal moment to reduce emissions and keep the Paris Agreement al...
www.desmog.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
“Behind the scenes, food and farming corporations [..] are promoting a set of actions to tackle global warming that leave their business models intact — or better still, require public investment.”
(think e.g. push for flawed climate warming metrics and techno-fixes)
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
(think e.g. push for flawed climate warming metrics and techno-fixes)
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
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Climate change is not just an environmental issue 🌍 — it’s a health issue ❤️🩹
Rising temperatures and extreme weather events are leading to increased heat-related illnesses, injuries, and the spread of infectious diseases.
#climatechange #climatehealth #onehealth #climateresilience
Rising temperatures and extreme weather events are leading to increased heat-related illnesses, injuries, and the spread of infectious diseases.
#climatechange #climatehealth #onehealth #climateresilience
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Climate change is not just an environmental issue 🌍 — it’s a health issue ❤️🩹
Rising temperatures and extreme weather events are leading to increased heat-related illnesses, injuries, and the spread of infectious diseases.
#climatechange #climatehealth #onehealth #climateresilience
Rising temperatures and extreme weather events are leading to increased heat-related illnesses, injuries, and the spread of infectious diseases.
#climatechange #climatehealth #onehealth #climateresilience
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Yet more special treatment for the wine industry: no debate allowed on the new 🍷 package? 🙄
I’ve been in meetings where the industry has woefully complained young people aren’t drinking enough 🍷. Why do we need these interventions to prop it up though?
‘Let the market decide’..unless it’s wine 🫠
I’ve been in meetings where the industry has woefully complained young people aren’t drinking enough 🍷. Why do we need these interventions to prop it up though?
‘Let the market decide’..unless it’s wine 🫠
“No meeting minutes have been shared, no stakeholder consultation has been opened [..]. For those who work to reduce alcohol-related harm, [..] the message it sends is unmistakable: the interests of producers matter more than the wellbeing of citizens.”
euobserver.com/eu-political...
euobserver.com/eu-political...
Lack of transparency of EU's new wine proposals will cause a hangover
The EU Wine Package — a broad reform of the rules for how wine should be produced, marketed, and labelled across the EU — is moving forward with unusual speed and limited transparency.
euobserver.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Yet more special treatment for the wine industry: no debate allowed on the new 🍷 package? 🙄
I’ve been in meetings where the industry has woefully complained young people aren’t drinking enough 🍷. Why do we need these interventions to prop it up though?
‘Let the market decide’..unless it’s wine 🫠
I’ve been in meetings where the industry has woefully complained young people aren’t drinking enough 🍷. Why do we need these interventions to prop it up though?
‘Let the market decide’..unless it’s wine 🫠
Reposted by Camille Perrin
On health, as on environment, the intensive farming lobby is at the forefront of dismantling EU democracy.
“No meeting minutes have been shared, no stakeholder consultation has been opened [..]. For those who work to reduce alcohol-related harm, [..] the message it sends is unmistakable: the interests of producers matter more than the wellbeing of citizens.”
euobserver.com/eu-political...
euobserver.com/eu-political...
Lack of transparency of EU's new wine proposals will cause a hangover
The EU Wine Package — a broad reform of the rules for how wine should be produced, marketed, and labelled across the EU — is moving forward with unusual speed and limited transparency.
euobserver.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
On health, as on environment, the intensive farming lobby is at the forefront of dismantling EU democracy.
“No meeting minutes have been shared, no stakeholder consultation has been opened [..]. For those who work to reduce alcohol-related harm, [..] the message it sends is unmistakable: the interests of producers matter more than the wellbeing of citizens.”
euobserver.com/eu-political...
euobserver.com/eu-political...
Lack of transparency of EU's new wine proposals will cause a hangover
The EU Wine Package — a broad reform of the rules for how wine should be produced, marketed, and labelled across the EU — is moving forward with unusual speed and limited transparency.
euobserver.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
“No meeting minutes have been shared, no stakeholder consultation has been opened [..]. For those who work to reduce alcohol-related harm, [..] the message it sends is unmistakable: the interests of producers matter more than the wellbeing of citizens.”
euobserver.com/eu-political...
euobserver.com/eu-political...
S. Le Foll: «Les céréales, en deux ans, ont perdu 35 % en termes de prix. Faudrait-il produire 35 % de céréales de plus pour compenser [..] ? C’est impossible. Il faut donc une régulation [..] pour combiner les grands enjeux économiques avec ceux environnementaux»
www.ouest-france.fr/economie/agr...
www.ouest-france.fr/economie/agr...
Le Face-à-face : Stéphane Le Foll et Jean-Luc Demarty confrontent leur vision de l’agriculture
Droits de douane, Mercosur, agroécologie : l’ancien ministre de l’Agriculture Stéphane Le Foll et Jean-Luc Demarty, ancien directeur général de l’Agriculture puis du Commerce extérieur à la Commission...
www.ouest-france.fr
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
S. Le Foll: «Les céréales, en deux ans, ont perdu 35 % en termes de prix. Faudrait-il produire 35 % de céréales de plus pour compenser [..] ? C’est impossible. Il faut donc une régulation [..] pour combiner les grands enjeux économiques avec ceux environnementaux»
www.ouest-france.fr/economie/agr...
www.ouest-france.fr/economie/agr...
“The commission is considering giving a one-year “grace period” to companies breaching the rules on the highest-risk AI” (= systems that pose serious risks to health, safety or fundamental rights).
How far will the EU Executive go in pleasing Trump and Big Tech?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
How far will the EU Executive go in pleasing Trump and Big Tech?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
EU could water down AI Act amid pressure from Trump and big tech
European Commission confirms reports it is looking at postponing parts of landmark legislation
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
“The commission is considering giving a one-year “grace period” to companies breaching the rules on the highest-risk AI” (= systems that pose serious risks to health, safety or fundamental rights).
How far will the EU Executive go in pleasing Trump and Big Tech?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
How far will the EU Executive go in pleasing Trump and Big Tech?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Definitely not the most uplifting podcast for the weekend 😬, but a very insightful listen for those concerned about how rapidly reactionary and far-right ideas are spreading across Europe.
From the @euscream.bsky.social podcast series by @jameskanter.bsky.social
euscream.com/ep-107-shame...
From the @euscream.bsky.social podcast series by @jameskanter.bsky.social
euscream.com/ep-107-shame...
Ep.107: Shame, Falsification, Normalisation of Radical Right, EU Vote, The Lonely Olive
Vicente Valentim on why illiberalism seems to spread so rapidly.
euscream.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Definitely not the most uplifting podcast for the weekend 😬, but a very insightful listen for those concerned about how rapidly reactionary and far-right ideas are spreading across Europe.
From the @euscream.bsky.social podcast series by @jameskanter.bsky.social
euscream.com/ep-107-shame...
From the @euscream.bsky.social podcast series by @jameskanter.bsky.social
euscream.com/ep-107-shame...