By The Greens/European Free Alliance The European Commission has today (6 November) proposed authorising the cultivation of a new variety of genetically modified maize (1507, marketed...
The European Commission has approved funding for 14 new research projects to shape a more resource-efficient economy in Europe. The projects, which involve the collaboration of...
The Commission, the Council and the European Parliament (EP) have reached a political agreement on the reform of the Common Agriculture Policy – subject to formal...
Five member states - Austria, Germany, Denmark, Poland and Cyprus - exceeded their milk quotas for deliveries in 2012/2013, and must therefore pay penalties ('superlevy') totalling...
British actress Joanna Lumley has told MEPs that the EU must do more to protect Europe’s pigs. The one-time Bond girl was in Brussels to speak...
Renowned actress Joanna Lumley will visit the EP to support Compassion in World Farming against widespread breaches of the EU pig directive.
Parliament has called for a cap on the use of traditional biofuels and a speedy switchover to new biofuels from alternative sources such as seaweed and...