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Member States now have the freedom to restrict or ban the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on their territory under new co-existence guidelines as part of a new package of legislative and non-legislative measures adopted by the Commission on 13 July.

Last month, Friends of the Earth Europe organised a conference in the European Parliament on ‘Measuring Europe’s Resource Use: A vital tool in creating a resource efficient EU’. A full write up of the conference is now available.

MEPs voted in favour of George Lyon’s own-initiative report on the future of the CAP at a Plenary session in Strasbourg on 8 July. The report was adopted following an additional last minute amendment broadening the issues that should be defined as public goods to include food security and food safety.

Staged against a backdrop of European milk producer protests, recommendations from the Commission’s High Level Group on Dairy sparked the only major discussion point at the first Agriculture Council under the Belgium Presidency.

This IEEP paper for the Land Use Policy Group's (LUPG) evaluates the case for using state intervention to reverse existing environmental degradation... Read in full

This IEEP paper for the Land Use Policy Group's (LUPG) examines a range of transitional arrangements that could facilitate a shift in... Read in full

This IEEP paper for the Land Use Policy Group (LUPG) sets out the key issues and questions that need to be considered... Read in full

In December 2009 five farming and environmental NGOs came together with a proposal for a transformation of the CAP. During a six... Read in full

IEEP hosted a conference on the 9 March 2010 at Scotland House, Brussels with the aim to present the most up-to-date thinking... Read in full

A UK Government report analysing the price spikes for agricultural commodities in 2007/08, concludes that these were exacerbated by poorly performing markets.... Read in full

Current WTO agreements offer the EU some ability to intervene in agricultural markets and subsidise exports without running foul of the trade... Read in full