LTO Brussel 🇪🇺

Ook voor de inhoudelijke specialisten van LTO is #Brussel zeer relevant. Vandaag ging een groep collega’s in gesprek met ambtenaren van @EUAgri en met Europarlementariër @hjaruissen. Nuttige en interessante gesprekken!

Global partnerships are essential for climate action in agriculture. Today in Rome, a delegation of farmers and cooperatives’ representatives from Kenya, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands met with FAO in support of the @theGCF proposal fao.org/kenya/news/det… with @Agriterra.

@EHWJEMichiels is representing @COPACOGECA today in a highly important discussion at the #EuropeanCommission: ‘Financing climate transition in agriculture’. How can we guarantee equal distribution of costs and benefits? @LTONederland @LTObrussel

Great news from Strasbourg today! CAP simplification measures approved👏🏻

Thank you to our Flemish member @Boerenbond for the great #AgriEUconnect event this evening with the important message from 🇧🇪 PM @alexanderdecroo on reconnecting with our agriculture and fostering conversation and collaboration instead of polarisation. 👏🤝 #EUFarmersDeal

Another ‘maidenspeech’ for newly appointed LTO President @GerKoopmans at his first @COPACOGECA praesidium in #Brussels, highlighting the importance of international cooperation and the warm welcome received from our European colleagues 🧑‍🌾🇪🇺

Everyone is for nature restoration, but the Nature Restoration Law is a bad piece of legislation… clear message from Belgian PM Alexander de Croo at @Boerenbond ‘s #AgroEUConnect

Mr. Francie Gorman, president of the @IFAmedia, and LTO-president @GerKoopmans are present at the @COPACOGECA praesidium to discuss common challenges ánd solutions.

Presenting the @COPACOGECA election manifesto in #Brussels to representatives of @RenewEurope @GreensEFA @ecrgroup @EPPGroup @TheProgressives: A clear call to reposition agriculture as a key strategic sector for tomorrow’s Europe!

Debat over Europees landbouw- en natuurbeleid in Nederland: wie bepaalt wat? bij de @WUR met @jhuitema, @ZoetHarold, Saskia Kluit, Jan Pieter van der Schans. Centraal staan vraagstukken als: ‘Moeten we landbouw en natuur verweven of scheiden..’ Niet de minste op de vrijdagmiddag!

#INTERNATIONAAL | Op het jaarcongres van onze Franse zusterorganisatie @FNSEA spreekt LTO-bestuurder @TRompelberg: "Europa heeft een landbouwstrategie voor de lange termijn nodig om het strategische, geopolitieke belang van landbouwland en voedselvoorziening te beschermen."

78ème #CongrèsFNSEA |✊🚜🇪🇺 Table ronde "Regards croisés - Syndicalisme et enjeux européen" 🎙️ Pour @Trompelberg, vice-Président @LTONederland : "De détonateur de la crise agricole européenne a été différents selon les pays. Le point central est l'accumulation de frustrations sur les exploitations." [...] "Pour les jeunes générations, il faut aller vers la #souveraineté alimentaire et une meilleure attention des autorités."

#LTOBRUSSEL @TRompelberg neemt namens @LTONederland deel aan het @FNSEA-panel over de huidige onrust in #Europa en een doorkijk naar de Europese verkiezingen: ‘Different perspectives on (inter) national movements’

Arrived at the @FNSEA congres in #Duinkerke in the company of our Irish and Swedish colleagues

The Domestic Advisory Groups of Canada and EU met during the CETA Civil Society Forum this week. This trade agreement is provisionally in place since 2017 and trade has increased. Example: EU cheese exports to Canada have risen from 13 to 28 thousand tons. @COPACOGECA @EESC_REX

📄JOINT STATEMENT - Despite legitimate concerns and protests, 🇪🇺 decision makers negotiating in trilogue last night on the renewal of the Ukrainian ATMs have proceeded by ignoring the key concerns of our producers. In the negotiations, the key amendments of the @Europarl_EN vote in the Plenary have not been pushed forward, leading to a “weak compromise” on the most consensual elements. Our organisations understand the political sensitivity of this agreement, as well as the need to support 🇺🇦, but it is unfortunate that the small but important adjustments which would have delivered an effective solution for 🇪🇺 producers were not considered. 👉While the inclusion of oats, groats and honey and the shortening of the activation period can be welcomed, without the change of the reference period in question from 2022/23 to 2021/22/23, the burden on the 🇪🇺 farming sector will persist and so will their discontent. 👉The inclusion of maize is pure window-dressing, as given the lack of previous TRQs in the association agreement, even if the 2022/23 average would be reached, it would have no effect! Similarly, the arbitrary inclusion of oats and groats, which represent much smaller volumes than wheat, will not be effective. The situation is so critical in Brussels that the @EUCouncil , convening in COREPER this morning to discuss the outcome of the trilogue, has opted to delay the vote on the compromise reached, until next week. On its side, the European Parliament @EP_Trade, with a very untransparent process towards its own members (to say the least) decided to proceed with a vote and approve the agreement! In this context, our organisations cannot support the agreement reached in the trilogue and call on the Member States and the Council to seriously reflect on the signal they would be sending to European farmers and manufacturers, including a new compromise to be discussed in trilogue! Full Joint Statement >>> copa-cogeca.eu/press-releases

Een grote groep veehouderij studenten uit #Leeuwarden op bezoek in het @Europarl_NL, waar ze van @jhuitema en @bartmillenaar alle ins en outs hoorden over het parlement en waar ikzelf toe kon lichten hoe @LTONederland hier aan de lat staat voor de NL’se #boeren en #tuinders🧑‍🌾🐄

Twee dagen Europa zitten er bijna op. Van GLB tot klimaat is alles in beweging. Er lijkt meer besef te zijn van het belang van een economisch gezonde, productieve agrarische sector……. Alhoewel nog steeds niet bij iedereen 🤷‍♂️ @COPACOGECA @LTObrussel @LTONederland

Young farmer Marije van Velthoven is representing at the European Commission’s Bioeconomy event. She shared her insights as a livestock farmer during the 'THE VOICE OF YOUTH IN BIOECONOMY' session today #Bioeconomy #VoiceofYouth @LTONederland @ZLTO @COPACOGECA 🌍👩‍🌾

A full house yesterday as Dutch #farmers & #growers questioned members of Dutch parliament @LNVTweedekamer on agricultural policy..... @LTONederland @KoekkoekMarieke @Jeanet_Nijhof @ElineVedder @ThomvCampen @Pieter_Grinwis @ajflach @LauraBromet @lientje1967 #boerencongres2024