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Agriculture

Livestock farming and carbon neutrality: Benoît Cassart calls for a global vision

Following the publication of a study on the pathways enabling Belgium to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, Benoît Cassart, MR Member of the European Parliament, calls for a global approach to livesto...

Agriculture Environment and climate Europe Europe and international affairs

1 Oct 2026 News

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For a less naive and more sovereign Europe

A less naive and more sovereign Europe has always been at the heart of the MR's political fight. As MEP Benoît Cassart pointed out on RTBF on Thursday 3 September, the European Union has finally intro...

Agriculture Animal welfare Europe Europe and international affairs Health On video Press releases

4 Sept 2026 News

Are we facing a turning point in the European Union's trade policy?

After 25 years of negotiations and months of mobilisation by Europe's farming community, the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur provisionally entered into force on 1 May…

Agriculture Animal welfare Europe Europe and international affairs Press releases

2 Sept 2026 News

CETA: the agreement with Canada is now 100% ratified

The Walloon Parliament has approved the trade agreement between the European Union and Canada, paving the way for it to enter fully into force. Since 2017, Walloon exports to Canada have almost tripled and more than 98% of tariff lines are now exempt from customs duties. Imported products remain subject to European health and plant health standards.

Agriculture Europe Europe and international affairs Taxation and economy Wallonia

27 Aug 2026 Our results

Libramont celebrates a century of agriculture with the Mouvement Réformateur

The Foire de Libramont celebrated its 100th anniversary this year. A symbolic anniversary for an event that accompanies the evolutions of the farming world. This edition, marked by renewal, transmissi...

Agriculture Federal Rural areas Wallonia

29 Jul 2026 News

Georges-Louis Bouchez at the hundredth Libramont Fair

A community celebration in the fields. Under a bright July sun, the Libramont Agricultural Fair celebrates its hundredth edition. Amid tractors, animals and stalls selling local produce, there is an a...

Agriculture Wallonia

27 Jul 2026 News

Georges-Louis Bouchez visits the Laiterie des Ardennes in Libramont

MR President Georges-Louis Bouchez paid a field visit on Friday 10 July to the Laiterie des Ardennes, at the heart of Wallonia's rural and agri-food economy, at the Libramont site. Upon arrival, he wa...

Agriculture Wallonia

14 Jul 2026 News

European livestock strategy: a welcome change of course for European livestock farmers

The European Commission today presented its first European Livestock Strategy , a long-awaited document that finally recognises the essential role of livestock farmers in food sovereignty, the vitalit...

Agriculture Europe Press releases

10 Jul 2026 News

The Walloon Government backs the timber industry with €3 million

Last year, Filière Bois Wallonie SA signed its first management contract running until 2029. A structuring framework that clarified its missions and set its action on a long-term footing. The first ye...

Agriculture Industry Press releases Wallonia

3 Jul 2026 News

New genomic techniques: the MR backs a Europe of innovation, science and food sovereignty

At a time when European agriculture must tackle the challenges of climate change, food security and international competitiveness, new genomic techniques (NGTs) represent a major opportunity for our c...

Agriculture Europe Europe and international affairs Press releases

18 Jun 2026 News

Anne-Catherine Dalcq in De Tijd: a minister rooted in life on the ground

In the pages of De Tijd , Anne-Catherine Dalcq looks back on her journey, from the family farm in Jodoigne to the Walloon Government. As Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs, she explains how he...

Agriculture In the media Rural areas Wallonia

13 Jun 2026 News

Opening of the Chinese market for Belgian apples: David Clarinval announces a historic agreement

The working visit of the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) to China has literally borne fruit. After several years of negotiations, the “Protocol of phytosanitary requirements fo...

Agriculture Europe and international affairs Federal Press releases

26 May 2026 News

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