Ireland East MEP Mairead McGuinness has called on the EU Commission to revisit the issue of the soft landing for [...]
Archive for the category: ‘Agriculture’
Agriculture
Since my election to the European Parliament in 2004 I have been a full member of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee (AGRI). Like all committees of the Parliament members meet regularly and debate issues on our agenda. You can follow the work of the Committee and view its agenda here.
The Committee is responsible for the development and implementations of the Common Agricultural Policy, rural development, veterinary and plant health, animal welfare and forestry,
Arising from the Lisbon Treaty, the Agriculture Committee has a much greater say in the decision-making process at European level as ‘co-decision’ means that the Parliament is equally involved with the European Commission and the Council. The Committee will therefore play a significant role in the reform of the CAP post-2013 and other policy initiatives anticipated in this legislature.
Issues of concern to individual member states about EU legislation can be raised at the Committee.
URBANISATION EATING UP LAND
New Study Points to Major Soil Erosion
The extent of the erosion of soils in Ireland and across Europe is charted [...]
MCGUINNESS HIGHLIGHTS THE MANY HURDLES IN CAP REFORMS
The target date of January 1, 2014 for putting in place a new farm payment scheme looks increasingly unrealistic, according [...]
NEED FOR VIGILANCE ON NEW ANIMAL VIRUS THAT IS “TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORTâ€
A new virus affecting animals and thought to be transmitted by insects has so far not been found to be [...]
Meeting Our Responsibilities
31 January 2012.  As I write I am awaiting a flight from Riga, Latvia to Brussels. I have spent just [...]
NEW AGRI FUND PROPOSAL A MERE ‘POISON CHALICE’ WARNS MAIREAD MCGUINNESS
A new proposal to extend the EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to include farmers is nothing more than a ‘poison [...]
Strength in Unity
24 January 2012
The European Union has reached another significant milestone in its evolution, with Croatia voting on Sunday to join [...]
YOUNG FARMERS NEED REAL ACTION – MAIREAD MCGUINNESS
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform proposals need to do more to support and encourage young people to choose farming [...]
UNFAIR AND UNETHICAL FOOD SUPPLY PRACTICES – GREATER URGENCY NEEDED SAYS MCGUINNESS
Comments in the EU Parliament in Strasbourg this morning from EU Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, Antonio Tajani, that the [...]
MCGUINNESS CALLS ON CIOLOS TO CLARIFY RATIONALE FOR NEW PAYMENTS SYSTEM
Ireland East MEP, Mairead McGuinness has called on the EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos, who visits Ireland tomorrow, to clarify [...]
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