Report suggests basing Common Agricultural Policy payments on income not acreage and calls for curbing meat production
Also in this newsletter: Ukraine prepares for a bitter winter
EU vessels are registering with African fleets and exploiting local fishing laws
European Commission drops possible legal action against five member states for failing to police ban on discarding fish
The nation’s inability to protect a species that has such cultural power looks both cavalier and foolish
Prime minister says photovoltaics are threatening nation’s ‘food security’, but farmers disagree
Urgent need to ratify UN treaty to protect 30% of oceans by 2030, backers say
Paris presses European Commission to take action after trawler fleet banned from 13 areas
People (and fish) need to consume this seafood rather than wiping out stocks of the ‘big five’
Trade restrictions on range of foodstuffs could cost Kyiv up to €330mn in annual revenue
Ukraine’s agriculture minister Mykola Solskyi warns Warsaw and Paris against hardening restrictions on food
Brussels proposes tariffs as leaders push for tougher restrictions on Ukrainian produce
Also in this newsletter: Nuclear energy power players congregate in Brussels
Brussels has long resisted pressure to levy import duties on food from Russia and Belarus
Also in this newsletter: Brussels prepares yet another package to placate Europe’s angry farmers
Kyiv seeks to end dispute with Poland but urges bloc to ban Russian grain imports
Also in this newsletter: Can Bulgaria’s awkward coalition deal survive?
Copenhagen claims London’s ban on catching sand eels on Dogger Bank discriminates against its fleet
Tractors rolled into Brussels on Thursday to block major roads and squares close to summit gathering
Fish sold by major retailers in Europe is harming food security in west Africa
French President Emmanuel Macron pushes for more EU concessions on agriculture and trade
Also in this newsletter: Why Ursula von der Leyen is getting down and dirty with farmers
Also in this newsletter: How the EU is trying to soothe concerns of belligerent farmers
Rightwing politicians muster majority against proposed rules to limit use of agricultural chemicals
Farming body seeks recruits from 6,000 miles away in fight to help rural economy
