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May

2022

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EU action plan for organic agriculture (debate)

Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I welcome the recognition of organic farming as a strong component of the European Union's journey towards more sustainable food systems. The path towards increasing the consumption and production of organic products and also reaching the target of at least 25% of organically farmed land is, however, still long and difficult. I would therefore like to emphasise …

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Feb

2022

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Implementation report on on-farm animal welfare (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we know that animals have an intrinsic value, regardless of their usefulness to humans. They are sentient beings and, as such, cannot be subjected to degrading treatments that contradict their nature and objectify them. Animals are not just things. European regulations have allowed a positive evolution in the way animals are treated in the European area. Howe…

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Jan

2022

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Protection of animals during transport - Protection of animals during transport (Recommendation) (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today we conclude with this debate a long process that began 18 months ago. We listened to experts, we went to the field to know different realities, we did studies, we debated exhaustively among ourselves, and well! Because animal welfare is a flag of this institution present in many legislative and non-legislative documents and the transport of live animals…

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Nov

2021

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Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other regulations (debate)

Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, for three years we have been discussing the future of the CAP with farmers and citizens with our eyes on us. For three years we have insisted on the importance of stability and predictability of support to farmers and the importance of meeting one of the main objectives of this policy: ensuring fair and dignified conditions for agricultural activity, a key pilla…

18

Oct

2021

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Farm to Fork Strategy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the challenges of the climate crisis, the rampant loss of biodiversity, food insecurity, which affects more than 800 million people in the world, are warning us of the impending non-return. Avoiding this point is therefore an imperative of ethics and survival to which political action must be able to respond. As a pillar of society and the manag…