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Brexit vs the UK food sector: from scaremongering to reality check

September 5, 2017

By Chenoa Geerts, Associate Political Consultant Running up to the Brexit referendum it was often referred to as “scaremongering”, when politicians, industry representatives, academics or economists emphasised the adverse consequences of leaving the EU. Many today still say that those negative effects have not materialised over a year after the referendum. However, it is safe… » read more

  Posted by The Whitehouse Consultancy

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Health & Consumers, UK in Europe

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Engaging the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to influence food policies

By Viviana Spaghetti, Political Consultant It is a cardinal rule of influencing the policy-making process in the EU that the earlier you’re in the game, the better your chances of achieving your objective. In Brussels, it is vital to talk to the European Commission – the EU civil service – before a legislative proposal is… » read more

  Posted by The Whitehouse Consultancy

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Health & Consumers, Science & Policymaking

The Fipronil Scandal: Let the Right One In

August 25, 2017

The regulatory net cast by the EU to protect consumers against harmful products was found to have an egg-shaped hole in it last month as the fipronil scandal broke and spread continent-wide. In the process it has raised some difficult questions about the bloc’s regulatory regime: specifically, the contrast between the leisurely response of the… » read more

  Posted by The Euro Economy

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv

[GUEST POST] A food policy worthy of the name: are healthy food and trade compatible?

August 16, 2017

(Author: George Thurley, Policy Officer Healthy Trade and Food, Drink and Agriculture at EPHA) Diet is the foremost risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs): the average European consumes too much sugar, too much saturated fat, and too much salt. The share of people who are overweight or obese has steadily increased between 2010 and 2014… » read more

  Posted by Hungarian-European Citizen

Agriculture, Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Civil Society (NGOs), Health & Consumers, Public Health

Protecting our most precious resource

July 27, 2017

Precaution, sustainability and effective legislation are needed to better support Europe’s drinking water supply EurEau’s three committees meet three times a year. Our members bring expertise to the federation and national perspectives to our work. This guarantees that the outcome of our work is always high quality and reliable. EurEau’s Committee on Drinking Water covers… » read more

  Posted by EurEau

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Climate & Environment

The Consequences of Climate Change – Will Russia Emerge as an Unlikely Winner from Lack of Action?

July 13, 2017

In March, Vladimir Putin said in an interview to CNBC that Russia stands to benefit from global warming since it creates favorable conditions for national economic improvement. Later this year, after the U.S. declared its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, Putin emphasized that people should not worry too much about Trump exiting the… » read more

  Posted by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, EurActiv.com

EU’s external fishing fleet to become the most transparent, accountable and sustainable globally following legal reform.

June 22, 2017

Author: Vanya Vulperhorst, Oceana Today’s agreement by EU bodies on a new regulation governing the European Union’s extensive external fishing fleet is a momentous step towards building sustainable fisheries globally and deserves wholehearted praise. After almost two years of negotiations, the European Commission, the Parliament and the Council of Fisheries Ministers have agreed on a… » read more

  Posted by Oceana Europe

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Fisheries, Global Europe, Health & Consumers, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev.

One million signatures against glyphosate

The Commission has just received more than one million signatures opposing glyphosate, the active substance which had its approval extended until the end of 2017. Since the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) conclusion that the substance is not carcinogenic, the Commission is leaning towards granting a new 10-year authorisation. And now we have a million EU… » read more

  Posted by Daniel Gueguen

blogactiv, commission, Commission européenne, English, Health & Consumers

Member States must support an ambitious reform of the EU’s external fishing fleet regulation. In this crucial year for ocean governance, it will ensure much-needed transparency and help prevent illegal fishing.

June 20, 2017

This month’s first-ever United Nations Oceans Conference and the upcoming Our Ocean meeting to be hosted by the EU, put robust governance of our oceans and sustainable use of marine resources to the forefront as perhaps never before. With this in mind, the world’s largest market for seafood, the EU, must ensure the most ambitious… » read more

  Posted by Oceana Europe

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Fisheries, Global Europe, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev.

Time to end barriers to trade for food

March 27, 2017

By Elias Papadopoulos, Political Consultant In early March the European Commission published a Roadmap on the Evaluation of the Regulation on the functioning of the internal market. In place since 1998, an assessment of the Regulation is indeed long overdue. Perhaps nowhere is intra-EU free trade more problematic than when it comes to food. As… » read more

  Posted by The Whitehouse Consultancy

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Health & Consumers, Member States, Trade & Industry
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