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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
Berlin accuses Poland, Hungary and Slovakia of ‘part-time solidarity’ with Kyiv over grain import bans
Brussels rethinks plans over concerns that proposed changes could add to food costs
Producers face having to cull cows or find more land after government says bloc’s decision will not be overturned
Drought, leaky pipes and poor policy among several factors contributing to continent’s scarcity problem
Also in this newsletter: How heat and fires are crippling Catania’s fragile infrastructure
Also in this newsletter: Why a familiar face in Brussels could soon appear in The Hague
Also in this newsletter: Estonia takes action on frozen Russian assets
Domestic clash over use of illegal wells by farmers has international repercussions
The sector is struggling with labour shortages and post-Brexit export regulations
Also in this newsletter: Italy’s war against plant milk and Co.
Also in this newsletter: why Macron is being hounded by pots and pans
Also in this newsletter: Spain’s strawberry farmers won’t stop draining the swamp
Also in this newsletter: the dwindling options for new Russia sanctions
Brussels needs a greener agricultural sector to help meet its climate goals. But farmers say they’re being asked to do too much
Romanian and Polish farmers criticise ‘derisory’ EU compensation and politicians call for higher offer
Also in this newsletter: how the conflict over Western Sahara affects European fishers
A market in Bucharest offers lessons for Brits on what to eat when
Minister points to cold weather as data shows value of annual vegetable exports has risen even as volumes have fallen
Pressure on Oslo over fishing and other activities around Svalbard will increase, says legal firm
Stocks of cod, whiting and herring are being overfished, warn environmental groups
Reinhard Wolf, CEO of Austria’s Raiffeisen Ware, argues that new thinking is needed
Exit polls put Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing bloc at over 40 per cent of vote
Council drags feet on ‘toxic topic’ as rules could reduce production and raise prices
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