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Commissioners Phil Hogan and Karmenu Vella presented a joint ‘staff working document’ on water in agriculture during the informal Council of EU farm ministers in Malta this week (May 22-23), which will feed into the reflections on the post-2020 CAP reform. The working document is available here.

Industry association FoodDrinkEurope (FDE) is launching a call for action to improve diets and promote nutrition and health across the continent, saying there is no "silver bullet" for obesity. Source: FOODnavigator.com.

The European Commission believes a 10-year extension of glyphosate weedkiller is a “starting point” for debate and that it is the 28 EU member states which will have the final say. Learn more.

On Monday 15 May, the AGRI committee held a debate with the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Phil Hogan, in the framework of the 2017 "Structured Dialogue". Political groups quizzed the Commissioner on a number of issues such as CAP post 2020, Omnibus proposal, end of sugar quotas, Unfair Trading Practices, organic production, Russian ban and Brexit. Before engaging in the Structured Dialogue, the Commissioner also presented the agricultural angle of the European Solidarity Corps.

EU organic legislation is likely to become “stricter” to protect the bloc's growing sector and provide EU-wide harmonisation for the unification of the market, the MEP in charge of the file has said. Source: agra-net.com .