The ‘sacrifice zone’: villagers resist the EU’s green push for lithium mining

Filipe Gomes had been craving fresh air and quiet routine when he and his partner quit the chaos of London’s catering industry for the fog-misted hills of Covas do Barroso, the sleepy Portuguese farming village in which he was raised. But his rural idyll …

Hands off our money, farmers say as EU plans budget shake-up

The European Commission is preparing to unveil its next long-term budget in July, and farmers fear the new plans could slash or restructure farm payments. At stake is the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), a €387 billion pot that represents nearly a third …

Starmer’s EU ‘reset’ risks UK farming’s future under unchecked Brussels rules

We are returning to a serf-like obeisance to EU rules. ‘Dynamic alignment’ the Brussels functionaries call it. No democratic rights here, just submitting to EU law-making machinery over food and farming with no voting rights. The Labour govt has little …

Scottish MP welcomes progress on seed potato exports to EU

Mr Logan, the SNP’s Westminster rural affairs spokesperson and MP for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, recently met with Defra minister of state Daniel Zeichner to raise concerns over the continued EU ban on seed potato imports from Great Britain. The …

IFA raises alarm over CAP as Germany pushes back on bigger EU budget

European People's Party calls for bigger budget to meet new priorities German chancellor Friedrich Merz. Photo: AP Jan Strupczewski and Ciaran Moran Today at 08:56 Irish farmers could be caught in the crossfire of a major budget row in Europe, as …

EU forest monitoring law faces collapse as Council drops key provisions

EU farm lobbies put consensus on agriculture under strain 

Britain’s got an EU deal — but the Brexit red tape keeps coming

“Then, if the deal is ‘papered up’ in law by that stage, this bureaucratic labeling won’t be required at all.”  But a figure close to discussions about the future of the scheme — granted anonymity to speak freely — called for realistic expectations of when …

VIDEO: What can we expect from the EU-UK import-export deal?

The HTA spoke at the National Plant Show yesterday (Wednesday 18) about what the industry could expect in terms of exporting and importing as the UK seeks to reset its relationship with the EU. by Rachael Forsyth

EU and Australia to negotiate security and defense partnership

"This will open the door to joint defence procurement opportunities and will benefit both our industries and our security," Albanese said in a statement. “In a time of rising tensions and strategic competition, trusted partners must stand …