CAP 2028-2034: Benoît Cassart denounces the “double penalty” for farmers Benoît Cassart denounces a “double penalty” for farmers: a sharply reduced CAP budget and pressure on prices following the opening of the European market to unfair competition. The European Commission... Agriculture Press releases 25 Sept 2025 News
Benoit Cassart: "Europe must stop being prey to today's predators" An opinion piece by Benoit Cassart, Member of the European Parliament "Defence, energy, technology: dependence is our Achilles' heel. The signing of the Mercosur agreement is dangerous, when the Europ... Agriculture Europe and international affairs 11 Sept 2025 News
89th Libramont Fair with Agriculture Minister Anne-Catherine Dalcq and the MR President: “a strong CAP is not a luxury, it's a necessity!” Sometimes coincidences make history, and events fall at just the right moment. This 89th Libramont Fair, bathed in mild and pleasant weather, welcomed nearly 195,000 visitors over four days. This popu... Agriculture 29 Jul 2025 News
Benoit Cassart: "A weakened and renationalised CAP is a gift to the enemies of Europe!" The European Commission has decided to fragment the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), cut its budget by 20% (while the overall EU budget has increased) and merge it into a single fund. The CAP will th... Agriculture Europe and international affairs Press releases 20 Jul 2025 News
Anne-Catherine Dalcq: “A Europe without a strong agricultural policy is a fragile Europe” On 16 July 2025, the European Commission will present its proposal for the next multiannual financial framework (MFF), which will set the broad guidelines for the future Common Agricultural Policy (CA... Agriculture Europe and international affairs 16 Jul 2025 News
Exceptional extension of the 2025 CAP declaration deadline Following the intrusion into the Service Public de Wallonie's computer system, and as a precautionary measure, the agricultural portal and PAC-on-web have been temporarily disabled. To ensure recordin... Agriculture Press releases 23 Apr 2025 News
New genomic techniques: at the initiative of federal Minister of Agriculture David Clarinval, Belgium has supported the European proposal Belgium supports the position of the majority of Member States in favour of establishing new European legislation on new genomic techniques (NGT), fully in line with the “Arizona” government agreement... Agriculture Press releases 14 Mar 2025 News
Fight against IBR: David Clarinval extends the vaccination period An important meeting took place on Wednesday 26 February between the Minister for Agriculture, David Clarinval, and the Agrofront, bringing together for the first time the FUGEA and the FJA alongside ... Agriculture Press releases 4 Mar 2025 News
Bluetongue: at the initiative of David CLARINVAL, the federal government pays out the first instalment of the €40 million (€25 million) for vaccination to veterinarians This year, vaccination of cattle and sheep against catarrhal fever, also known as ‘bluetongue disease’, has become compulsory. More specifically, these are vaccines against bluetongue (serotypes 3 and... Agriculture Press releases 3 Mar 2025 News
Farm profitability under the microscope Following the work of the Agri-Food Taskforce, the Federal Economy Department is publishing new indicators to track the evolution of profitability and production costs for cattle and pig farmers. A st... Agriculture Press releases 19 Feb 2025 News
European Parliament: the intergroup dedicated to sustainable livestock farming is launched The intergroup dedicated to sustainable livestock farming has been launched as a platform for informal exchanges of views, allowing us to address substantive and topical issues in a constructive atmos... Agriculture Press releases 19 Dec 2024 News
Bluetongue: the MR delivers concrete protection for livestock farmers In the Chamber's health committee, the bill by Benoit Piedboeuf, Julie Taton and Daniel Bacquelaine on the vaccination strategy against bluetongue and EHD was adopted. Last week, an exceptional budget... Agriculture Press releases 17 Dec 2024 News
