El Copa y la Cogeca representan la voz unida de los agricultores y de las cooperativas agrarias en la UE. Juntos, nos aseguramos de que la agricultura de la UE sea un sector sostenible, innovador y competitivo, garantizando al mismo tiempo la seguridad alimentaria de más de 500 millones de personas en Europa.
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Congratulations to the newly elected chairmanship of the COPA COGECA Working Party on Risk Management and Insurance: Chair Paola Grossi (Coldiretti - Italy), Vice Chairs Monica Sanz (Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España- Spain) and Thomas Gehrke (Deutscher Bauernverband e.V. - Germany). They'll lead the Working Party forward and tackle the key challenges ahead!
La agricultura es uno de los sectores más omnipresentes a nivel europeo, en el epicentro mismo de numerosas iniciativas de las instituciones europeas. El Copa y la Cogeca se organizan con el fin de responder a los retos y preguntas planteados por los responsables políticos europeos, permitiendo a la comunidad europea de agricultores, agricultoras y cooperativas presentar sus opiniones y propuestas acerca de un sinfín de temas que afectan directa e indistintamente a sus actividades. En las doce categorías siguientes encontrará nuestras posiciones sobre cuestiones clave que atañen al futuro de la agricultura europea.
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La próxima década será decisiva para la agricultura de la Unión Europea. Quedan muchos retos por delante y nos enfrentaremos a arduos debates sobre el relevo generacional, la baja renta agrícola, la volatilidad del mercado y el cambio climático. Como agricultores y cooperativas de Europa, somos conscientes de estas cuestiones complejas y estamos preparados para superarlas y capear los retos que nos aguardan. Procuramos ofrecer el tipo de agricultura que nuestra ciudadanía espera y exige: una agricultura que nos proporcione una verdadera seguridad alimentaria y que cumpla con unas estrictas normas de calidad, bienestar, sostenibilidad y protección medioambiental. ¡Este es nuestro compromiso con Europa! A cambio, confiamos en que los dirigentes europeos elaborarán un marco político que permita alimentar nuestro futuro.
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Following today's approval by the European Parliament of the modernised EU–Mexico Agreement, Copa and Cogeca underline that the agreement has the potential to strengthen EU agri-food exports and regulatory cooperation. Delivering on that potential, however, will require effective implementation, robust enforcement and careful monitoring of its impact on sensitive agricultural sectors.
We welcome today's vote by the European Parliament adopting the Motion for a Resolution objecting to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/2680, which would have classified soybean oil as a high indirect land-use change (ILUC) risk feedstock under the Renewable Energy Directive. This vote sends a strong signal in favour of evidence-based policymaking and greater coherence between the EU's renewable energy, agriculture and food security objectives.
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As it is already approaching the midpoint of its mandate, the European Commission just presented its long-awaited Livestock Strategy and Protein Plan, 2 flagship communications announced in the Vision for Agriculture and Food. The 2 Communications primarily mark an important shift in tone. After years in which livestock was too often portrayed as part of the problem, the Commission now recognises its contribution to food security, rural vitality, the circular economy, and the production of high-quality proteins and renewable energy. However, both remain heavily focused on assessments, monitoring and benchmarking, while even a careful reading of the annexes makes it difficult to identify concrete actions or measures that would deliver tangible relief for farmers on the ground.
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Parliament's ENVi Committee adopted yesterday its report on the revision of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. While farmers and agri-cooperatives had hoped that 🇪🇺 Parliament would strengthen the proposal by ensuring greater resilience during periods of market disruption, the Committee instead chose to delete the only provision that would have allowed for the temporary suspension of the #CBAM on fertilisers in times of crisis (Article 27a).
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Copa and Cogeca welcome today's final approval by the European Parliament of the Regulation on NGTs, at a time when 🇪🇺 agriculture faces increasing climate, environmental and market challenges, access to better-performing crop varieties is essential to ensure food security, sustainability and competitiveness.This vote is a major and historic milestone. The new framework is expected to become fully operational within the next 2 years. The focus must now be on delivering the rules and guidance that will allow effectively European farmers to access this innovation.
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European Commission unveiled a complementary set of CAP adjustments aimed at providing Member States with greater flexibility to support farmers facing sharply rising fertiliser costs. COPA COGECA acknowledges that these announcements represent an initial positive step. However, these they should be seen for what they are: limited adjustments that leave the core issues untouched and fail to match the magnitude of the crisis that could hit 🇪🇺agriculture in the months ahead.
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Finance Ministers have adopted their General Approach on the European Commission proposal to strengthen the hashtag CBAM.While the Iran crisis have pushed Member States to recognise the need for a safeguard mechanism for fertilisers through the inclusion of Article 27a, farmers and agri-cooperatives express deep disappointment that the agreed trigger threshold is set far too high to provide any meaningful protection in times of crisis.
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the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026 presented its negotiating approach on how to reach a consensus among Member States on the next EU budget, based on the European Commission’s proposal and its Single Fund structure. COPA COGECA, like the European Parliament negotiators on this file, can only regret the approach being pursued. The proposed baseline for the agricultural envelope simply does not reflect the food security and transition challenges that will arise over the period.
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In response to the sharp rise in fertiliser prices, the European Union announced today, following the presentation of its Fertiliser Action Plan, the mobilisation and increase of the agricultural crisis reserve from €200 million to a total of €500 million. Member States will also have the possibility to complement this amount with additional national support of up to 200% of the allocation received. This step is far from enough. CBAM alone will cost farmers €820M in 2026. Member States can add support, but farmers and cooperatives need immediate derogations, market transparency and 2027 supply security to avoid production decline and food inflation.
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Concern was running high in Strasbourg, where farmers from across Europe had once again gathered for a symbolic action just hours before the presentation of the Commission’s fertiliser action plan. Announced as a response to the severe crisis faced by farmers over the soaring cost of this key input, the plan ultimately unveiled today contains no immediate measures that would give farmers hope of economic relief for the short term with the Middle East crisis, and lacks of firm and ambitious measures in the medium and longer term to provide relief from the multiplication of EU policies artificially increasing fertilisers prices. The Fertiliser Action Plan presented today must be implemented without any further delays and complemented by immediate, concrete solutions that match the scale of the crisis. The European agriculture sector is heading straight towards a fertiliser wall, while the European Union monitors and hesitates when it should be taking action, because otherwise tomorrow it will be all European consumers who will find themselves up against the wall.
Todo el mundo habla del Mecanismo de Ajuste en Frontera por Carbono. ¿Pero qué es exactamente? ¿Cómo funciona y, sobre todo, cuánto costará realmente a los agricultores europeos? ¿Alguien ha hecho realmente los cálculos? En Copa-Cogeca lo hemos hecho, ¡y el resultado es alarmante!
Crisis de los cereales en la UE: el efecto tijera que asfixia a los agricultores europeos
Por tercer año consecutivo, los productores europeos de cereales están en números rojos, perdiendo hasta 500 € por hectárea. Esta situación se está volviendo estructural y debería preocupar mucho más allá del sector agrícola. Principal factor: los fertilizantes y sus precios.
Del 18 de diciembre en Bruselas al 20 de enero en Estrasburgo, los agricultores europeos han mostrado su determinación de defender el futuro de la agricultura de la UE. Los agricultores han sido uno de los pilares de la construcción europea durante más de 80 años. Si se rompe ese pilar, el sistema no puede sostenerse. Nuestro mensaje es claro: seguiremos defendiendo una PAC fuerte, acuerdos comerciales justos y seguridad jurídica. ¡La movilización continúa!
¡Revive la inspiración! Ya está disponible el vídeo oficial de la ceremonia final de la 6ª edición del Premio Europeo a la Innovación Cooperativa. Descubre a las 11 cooperativas agroalimentarias europeas premiadas por sus innovaciones. Su trabajo encarna «Las cooperativas construyen un mundo mejor», lema del Año Internacional de las Cooperativas 2025 de la ONU. Las cooperativas agrarias impulsan la economía, la inclusión social y la transición ambiental en Europa.
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La agricultura y la silvicultura europeas son increíblemente diversas. Esta diversidad constituye nuestro orgullo y nuestra fuerza y debemos hacer todo lo que sea posible en nuestra capacidad colectiva para protegerla. Por esta razón, todos los modelos de agricultura, todos los tipos de producción y todas las explotaciones y cooperativas, sean del tamaño que sean, tienen cabida en el Copa y la Cogeca.
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