The re-elected President of the European Fee, Ursula von der Leyen, pledges her help to farmers and horticulturalists within the transition to sustainable agriculture. Inside 100 days, she is going to current a imaginative and prescient for the way forward for European agriculture and meals safety.
In drawing up the imaginative and prescient, von der Leyen is drawing on the suggestions made in the course of the latest strategic dialogues on agriculture. ‘Constructing on this, within the first 100 days I’ll current a imaginative and prescient for agriculture and meals, exploring how we will make sure the long-term competitiveness and sustainability of our agricultural sector throughout the limits of our planet.’
As chief of the European Union, the German politician needs extra consideration to the results of European laws, such because the Inexperienced Deal, for firms that it straight impacts.
Von der Leyen was nominated by the heads of presidency of the European Union. It remained thrilling till the vote whether or not she would get the required help. The three centre events on which she has leaned for the previous 5 years have a complete of 4 hundred seats. This whereas Von der Leyen wanted 360. In these teams there are dissidents who voted in opposition to. Nonetheless, the Greens, with greater than fifty seats, strengthened the centre coalition.
We should allow farmers to work their land with out extreme forms
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Fee
PVV, SGP and PvdD voted in opposition to
The European Parliament lastly voted on Thursday to reappoint the German President of the European Fee. Of the 719 members current, 401 voted in favor. 284 members of parliament voted in opposition to, together with members of the PVV, SGP and Occasion for the Animals (PvdD). 22 votes have been clean or invalid.
Earlier than the vote, MEPs had the chance to contemplate the assumptions that von der Leyen has drawn up for her second time period in workplace.
In it, she underlines her ambitions. ‘We should allow farmers to work their land with out extreme forms, help household farms and reward farmers who work with nature, preserving our biodiversity and pure ecosystems and serving to to decarbonise our economic system on the trail to local weather neutrality by 2050.’
Von der Leyen says she realises that farmers and horticulturists are the weak hyperlink within the meals chain. ‘Appropriate current imbalances, strengthen the place of farmers and additional defend them in opposition to unfair commerce practices.
Throughout the European election marketing campaign, von der Leyen’s EPP sought to achieve out to far-right events similar to these of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. However the Social Democrats and Liberals have been adamantly against cooperation with the proper wing, and von der Leyen courted the Greens. Meloni’s MEPs, just like the overwhelming majority of the ECR, finally voted in opposition to the reappointment.
The Greens have been unwilling to help Von der Leyen 5 years in the past, when she promised bold local weather plans. Now she needs to place extra emphasis on the competitiveness of European companies. However that needs to be carried out in a inexperienced manner, in response to the compromise.
However the variations of opinion on local weather coverage between the EPP and the Greens particularly are already instantly obvious. For instance, the centre-right group claims that Von der Leyen is backtracking on the upcoming ban on gas automobiles.
