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  1. GMT+2

    Co‑rapporteurs and shadows: questions on innovation, MRL reciprocity and emergency authorisations

    Rapporteur, co‑rapporteur and shadow rapporteur use the expert input to probe how Omnibus 10 can unblock innovation in plant protection, align import residue rules with EU farmer standards, and handle emergency authorisations and biocontrol deployment while preserving consumer and environmental protection and EU farmers’ competitiveness. Their questions focus on the real causes of approval delays, economic impacts of stricter reciprocity, criteria for MRL setting and revision, and the feasibility of longer approval periods and faster market access for biocontrols.

    In this chapter

    1. Co‑rapporteurs: questions on innovation and reciprocityPierfrancesco Maran
    2. Shadow rapporteur Lins: emergency approvals and biocontrols

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  2. GMT+2

    Expert testimonies on pesticide pressures and Omnibus 10

    Scientific experts outline rising pest and disease pressures, shrinking pesticide toolboxes, and the implications of current EU authorisation rules, emergency approvals, reciprocity on import residues, and reassessment models for both farmers and environmental and health protection, framing what changes Omnibus 10 should deliver. Together these interventions contrast calls for faster, more flexible approvals and reciprocity with warnings against weakening periodic reassessment and long‑term monitoring obligations.

    In this chapter

    1. Mahlein: rising disease pressure and loss of pesticides
    2. Mahlein: emergency authorisations and call for effective Omnibus 10Pierfrancesco Maran
    3. Miccolis: reciprocity and import residue limits

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  3. GMT+2

    AGRI–ENVI joint hearing: agenda and mandate

    After adopting the agenda and technical modalities, the AGRI and ENVI chairs formally launch the joint public hearing on simplifying EU food and feed safety rules, explain its role in ongoing negotiations, and introduce Panel 1 on scientific challenges and opportunities with the invited experts.

    In this chapter

    1. Chair: agenda adoption and hearing launchVeronika Vrecionová
    2. ENVI Chair: mandate and Panel 1 introductionPierfrancesco Maran

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  4. GMT+2

    Committee votes: budget amendments and Armenia agreement

    The committee concludes the voting session by dealing with the second block of budget amendments, including an electronic check, and then holds a roll‑call vote adopting the temporary agreement with Armenia before closing the voting segment.

    In this chapter

    1. Budget amendments: second voting blockVeronika Vrecionová
    2. Temporary agreement with Armenia: roll-call voteVeronika Vrecionová

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  5. GMT+2

    Industrial Emissions Directive: early-numbered amendments and final committee position

    Members complete voting on the remaining early-numbered amendments to the Industrial Emissions Directive, repeatedly checking tight results, and conclude the file with a roll‑call vote adopting the committee’s position after final compromises and individual amendments are decided.

    In this chapter

    1. Industrial Emissions Directive: early-numbered amendments and final roll-callVeronika Vrecionová
    2. Industrial Emissions Directive: compromises 1–21 and final voteVeronika Vrecionová

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  6. GMT+2

    Industrial Emissions Directive: opening and main amendment blocks

    The committee opens the afternoon sitting and launches voting on the Industrial Emissions Directive, moving through initial compromise amendments and large blocks of mid‑numbered and linked amendments with frequent electronic verification of close results.

    In this chapter

    1. Opening: start of Industrial Emissions Directive votesVeronika Vrecionová
    2. Industrial Emissions Directive: block votes on mid‑numbered amendmentsVeronika Vrecionová
    3. Industrial Emissions Directive: compromises 5–9 and related amendmentsVeronika Vrecionová

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  7. GMT+2

    Armenia autonomous trade measures: design, safeguards and impact on EU farmers

    The Chair and DG TRADE present exceptional autonomous trade measures for Armenia in response to Russian pressure, detailing product coverage, TRQs, the entry‑price system and safeguard clauses, while political groups broadly support geopolitical solidarity but question competition effects and monitoring, prompting Commission clarifications on Armenia’s limited export capacity, strict rules‑of‑origin checks and rapid safeguard procedures to protect EU producers.

    In this chapter

    1. Armenia trade measures: geopolitical and procedural contextVeronika Vrecionová
    2. Commission (DG TRADE): design of Armenia autonomous trade measuresVeronika Vrecionová
    3. Political reactions: solidarity with Armenia vs impact on EU farmersHerbert Dorfmann
    4. Commission replies on Armenia: limited risk, strict origin checks and safeguards

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  8. GMT+2

    Vesligaj competitiveness report: CAP funding, trade reciprocity and green requirements

    Rapporteur Vešligaj and shadows structure the own‑initiative report around climate impacts, rural development, unfair competition and trade, CAP and MFF resources, reciprocity and mirror clauses, and administrative burden, followed by a Member–Commission exchange on whether current green and competitiveness policies improve farm incomes and Vešligaj’s closing emphasis on faster disaster aid, protection of seasonal workers and generational renewal.

    In this chapter

    1. Vesligaj report: framing competitiveness, resilience and fairnessMarko Vešligaj
    2. Competitiveness shadows: strong CAP, reciprocity and less bureaucracySalvatore De Meo
    3. Members and Commission: funding, green measures and structural barriersDario Nardella
    4. Vesligaj closing: trade reciprocity, rapid aid and generational renewalMarko Vešligaj

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  9. GMT+2

    CMO Regulation reform: crisis toolbox, prices and sectoral schemes

    The Chair and rapporteur Sargiacomo launch the CMO reform debate on market crisis tools, higher intervention prices, strategic stocks and extended sectoral programmes, with shadows and Members contesting early‑warning systems, minimum price concepts, origin labelling and meat names, while DG AGRI defends exceptional, flexible crisis instruments and a simplified, EU‑oriented school scheme before Sargiacomo’s wrap‑up on stocks, sectoral envelopes and budget constraints.

    In this chapter

    1. Introduction to CMO reform file and mandateVeronika Vrecionová
    2. Rapporteur Sargiacomo: crisis tools, intervention prices and sectoral schemesEric Sargiacomo
    3. CMO shadows: alerts, minimum prices, origin labelling and meat namesDaniel Buda

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  10. GMT+2

    CAP reform: Commission position and rapporteur closing choices

    DG AGRI backs targeting support via a robust active farmer definition, stronger risk management and youth schemes, and mandatory environmental priorities, while Lins closes by weighing degressivity versus redistributive payments, signalling openness on coupled support, defending existing large structures in some regions, and calling for an EU‑wide agri‑environment budget linked to the MFF outcome.

    In this chapter

    1. Commission (DG AGRI): CAP reform views on youth, risk and environmentGijs Schilthuis
    2. Lins’ closing on CAP: risk tools, capping choices and environmental budgetNorbert Lins

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  11. GMT+2

    CAP political debate: budget, green conditionality and farm income redistribution

    Shadow rapporteurs and Members set out group lines on preserving a strong, autonomous CAP budget, the scale of environmental earmarking, social and labour conditionality, capping and redistributive payments, support for small farms and generational renewal, treatment of large historical holdings, and sector‑specific tools such as coupled aid and crisis schemes.

    In this chapter

    1. CAP shadows round 1: S&D, Patriots, ECR, Renew prioritiesDario Nardella
    2. CAP shadows round 2: Greens, Left, ESN and PfE on budget, climate and active farmerThomas Waitz
    3. Further CAP shadows: coupled aid, simplification, ring‑fencing and redistributionEric Sargiacomo

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  12. GMT+2

    CAP reform item: agenda, mandate and key fault lines

    The Chair and rapporteur Lins formally open the CAP reform item, outline the legislative calendar and massive volume of amendments, and frame core disputes on capping, degressivity, social conditionality, green architecture, and the active farmer definition, with the Committee of the Regions insisting on a stronger regional role and more ambitious climate adaptation tools.

    In this chapter

    1. Opening of meeting and CAP reform agendaVeronika Vrecionová
    2. Rapporteur Lins: overview of CAP amendments and fault linesNorbert Lins
    3. Committee of the Regions: regional role, degressivity and climate adaptationVeronika Vrecionová

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  13. GMT+2

    NRPP shadows: regional powers, ring-fencing and CAP autonomy

    Shadows from AGRI and REGI set out their positions on NRPP, with demands for strong regional decision-making powers, ring-fenced envelopes and binding multi-level governance, and AGRI shadows warning against de facto cuts and dilution of CAP within a macro-fund, calling instead for dedicated CAP plans, protected agricultural budgets, full financing of direct payments and fewer political conditionalities on farmers.

    In this chapter

    1. Shadows Lins and Repp: regional powers, ring-fencing and governanceVeronika Vrecionová
    2. AGRI shadows: defending PAC autonomy and budgets in NRPP

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  14. GMT+2

    Opening of NRPP joint meeting and core regulatory issues

    AGRI re-opens proceedings jointly with BUDG and REGI on the NRPP regulation, adopts the agenda and recalls thousands of amendments, while joint chairs and co-rapporteurs underline the file’s political sensitivity, tight timetable and main issues on governance, regionalisation, flexibility for crisis regions, coherence with sectoral rules and the need for a workable agricultural chapter within a unified framework.

    In this chapter

    1. Opening of joint BUDG-REGI-AGRI meeting on NRPP regulationVeronika Vrecionová
    2. Joint chairs and co-rapporteurs: political sensitivity and main NRPP issuesMonika Hohlmeier

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  15. GMT+2

    AGRI committee voting: budget framework and agricultural rules

    The AGRI committee conducts a full voting session, first on a regulation creating a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and horizontal rules for EU programmes, then on amendments and mandates for organic production rules and plant reproductive material, concluding with adoption by roll-call votes and closure of the AGRI meeting.

    In this chapter

    1. Votes on budget expenditure tracking and performance frameworkVeronika Vrecionová
    2. Votes on organic production rules and plant reproductive materialVeronika Vrecionová

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  16. GMT+2

    MEP-ARC exchange: climate risk, CAP impacts and demography

    Coordinators and MEPs question ARC on EU–Africa agricultural cooperation, productivity versus risk tools, funding sufficiency, CAP spillovers on African markets and broader demographic and environmental pressures, followed by ARC’s detailed responses on defending climate finance, insurance design, EU support options, CAP’s role and managing population growth, and an ECHO intervention endorsing ARC cooperation before formal closure of the exchange.

    In this chapter

    1. Coordinators’ Q&A: EU-Africa agriculture, productivity and CAP spilloversDaniel Buda
    2. ARC replies: climate finance cuts, insurance design and demographic pressures
    3. ECHO statement and closure of ARC exchangeVeronika Vrecionová

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  17. GMT+2

    ARC mandate and EU strategic context

    Opening of the joint AGRI-DEVE meeting presents ARC’s mandate on climate risk, food security and disaster response, followed by the DEVE chair situating the exchange within EU development, SDG and climate finance priorities, and ARC’s Director General outlining performance to date and five specific requests for enhanced EU engagement and funding instruments.

    In this chapter

    1. Opening of AGRI-DEVE meeting and ARC mandateVeronika Vrecionová
    2. DEVE chair: multilateral context and EU prioritiesBarry Andrews
    3. ARC Director General keynote: climate risk and five EU asks

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  18. GMT+2

    Irish Presidency: CAP mandate, MEP questions and strategic response

    The Irish Presidency outlines its CAP and NRPP mandate, resources and simplification priorities, followed by a catch‑the‑eye round where MEPs press on budget, market competition, social and environmental conditionality, trade and livestock issues, and closes with the Minister’s strategic response on keeping CAP central to food and security policy, managing the shift to the NRPP, strengthening the CMO and ensuring imported products match EU standards.

    In this chapter

    1. Irish Presidency: CAP mandate, resources and policy toolsMartin Heydon
    2. Catch-the-eye questions: CAP, NRPP, budget and tradeVeronika Vrecionová
    3. Irish Presidency response: CAP, NRPP, livestock strategy and MercosurMartin Heydon

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  19. GMT+2

    MEPs’ concerns on CAP budget, flexibility and fairness

    MEP coordinators and other Members question how the Presidency will reconcile Member State flexibility with CAP’s common rules, budget uncertainty and simplification, while addressing social and environmental conditionality, generational renewal, capping, land concentration, retail power and farmer incomes.

    In this chapter

    1. MEP coordinators: CAP flexibility, budget and common rulesVeronika Vrecionová
    2. Further MEPs: capping, land concentration and farmer incomesThomas Waitz

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  20. GMT+2

    Irish Presidency mandate and CAP workplan

    The Chair opens the item with Minister Heydon, who sets out the Irish Council Presidency’s context, mandate and priorities, including work on the next MFF, the post‑2027 CAP framework and key sectoral files such as CMO, organics, livestock and protein strategies.

    In this chapter

    1. Irish Presidency item: introduction and mandateVeronika Vrecionová
    2. CAP post‑2027 priorities and sectoral filesMartin Heydon

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  21. GMT+2

    AGRI committee debate: CAP competitiveness and resilience

    Opening of the AGRI meeting, presentation of the Vešligaj report and a full round of political and Commission reactions on how to reinforce EU farm competitiveness, resilience and fairness, covering CAP budget, Green Deal rules, trade reciprocity, mirror clauses, market power, young farmers and simplification tools. Positions of main groups and the rapporteur clarify areas of consensus and conflict on regulatory burden, climate ambition, trade policy and income support ahead of amendments.

    In this chapter

    1. Chair and rapporteur: mandate and strategic visionVeronika Vrecionová
    2. Centre-right and liberal shadows: CAP budget, Green Deal and trade reciprocitySalvatore De Meo
    3. Political groups: competitiveness, trade and farm incomesThomas Waitz
    4. Commission and rapporteur: CAP tools, simplification and next stepsGijs Schilthuis

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  22. GMT+2

    Fertiliser policy, CBAM design and farm impacts

    Linked segments covering MEPs, experts and farm stakeholders on opaque fertiliser pricing, CBAM design and cost pass‑through, interaction with the Nitrates Directive and CAP, and the feasibility and timing of manure‑, biogas‑ and bio‑based fertiliser alternatives while safeguarding farm competitiveness and EU food security.

    In this chapter

    1. Fertiliser markets, CBAM design and fossil dependenceElsi Katainen
    2. MEPs: fertilizer costs, CBAM and bioeconomy transitionMaria Grapini
    3. Experts and farm stakeholders: CBAM, Nitrates Directive and fertilizer alternativesVeronika Vrecionová

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  23. GMT+2

    Circular nutrient use and RENURE under EU rules

    Expert input and subsequent MEP questions examine EU dependence on imported fertilisers, prospects for RENURE and manure-based products, and how Nitrates Directive limits and regulatory uncertainty constrain circular nutrient solutions and livestock redistribution options.

    In this chapter

    1. Academic expert: nutrient dependence and circular fertilizer solutions
    2. Nitrates Directive, RENURE and manure-based fertilisersVeronika Vrecionová

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  24. GMT+2

    MEPs’ concerns and industry competitiveness on fertilizers

    MEPs raise political and strategic questions on fertilizer prices, profits and EU production capacity, followed by industry and expert analysis of CBAM, ETS and gas-price differentials and their impact on competitiveness and costs passed on to farmers.

    In this chapter

    1. MEPs’ questions on fertilizer prices, decarbonisation and EU capacityThomas Waitz
    2. Fertilizer industry and experts: CBAM, ETS and gas-price competitivenessVeronika Vrecionová
    3. Commission and farmers: Fertilizer Action Plan, trade and CBAMVeronika Vrecionová

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  25. GMT+2

    EU fertilizer framework and market risks

    Sets out the EU single market and Chemical Omnibus context for fertilizers, the sector’s strategic role and import dependence, and examines how CBAM, ETS and RED rules, global value chains and geopolitical chokepoints such as Hormuz shape production costs, prices and security of supply for EU farmers, before MEPs probe implications for competitiveness, storage and bio‑based alternatives.

    In this chapter

    1. EU framework, industry conditions and fertilizer market risksNikola Minchev
    2. MEPs on CBAM, ETS and fertilizer supply securityVeronika Vrecionová

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  26. GMT+2

    EU–Australia FTA: agricultural impacts and safeguards

    The Commission presents the mandate and agricultural terms of the EU–Australia FTA, followed by MEPs’ questions on sugar, livestock, sustainability and safeguards, and the Commission’s replies on trade balance, TRQs, certification and safeguard mechanisms before the Chair closes the item and transitions to the next agenda point.

    In this chapter

    1. Commission mandate and sugar TRQ terms in EU‑Australia FTAHerbert Dorfmann
    2. MEPs: EU‑Australia FTA agriculture, sugar and safeguardsMartin Häusling
    3. Commission and Chair: reply on FTA impacts and agenda transitionVeronika Vrecionová

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  27. GMT+2

    Generational renewal in agriculture: committee debate

    The AGRI committee opens its meeting, adopts its agenda and holds a structured debate on generational renewal in agriculture, covering the rapporteur’s priorities, political group positions, and the Commission’s strategic approach and tools before the Chair closes the item.

    In this chapter

    1. Opening: agenda and MFF negotiation constraintsVeronika Vrecionová
    2. Rapporteur and S&D: scope and priorities for generational renewalMaria Walsh
    3. MEPs: political group positions on young farmersGilles Pennelle
    4. Commission, rapporteur and Chair: generational renewal strategy and closureGijs Schilthuis

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  28. GMT+2

    Crisis response, 2027 CAP budget and plant material regulation

    Examination of the fertilizer price crisis package and CAP amendment, AGRI’s draft opinion on the 2027 EU budget for CAP with Commission figures, and the trilogue outcome on the plant reproductive material regulation leading to final procedural announcements and closure of the sitting.

    In this chapter

    1. Fertilizer price crisis: Commission proposal and MEP scrutinyElisabeth Werner
    2. 2027 EU budget for CAP: draft opinion, group positions and Commission figuresHerbert Dorfmann
    3. Plant reproductive material regulation: trilogue outcome and meeting closureDaniel Buda

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  29. GMT+2

    Market management tools and trade agreements

    Debate on the Common Market Organisation reform, including strategic stocks, crisis instruments and sectoral tools, followed by a procedural clash on Parliament’s role in the EU–Mexico trade agreement and a roll‑call vote before moving to the fertilizer agenda point.

    In this chapter

    1. Common Market Organisation reform: strategic stocks, crisis tools and political reactionsDario Nardella
    2. EU–Mexico trade agreement procedure dispute, vote and transition to fertilizer itemDaniel Buda

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  30. GMT+2

    CAP strategic orientation and implementation reform

    Opening of the AGRI meeting and a full political debate on the CAP 2028–2034 implementation regulation, covering Lins’ draft report, group positions on capping, redistribution, renationalisation risks, social and environmental conditionality, and final reactions from the Chair and Commission before closing the CAP item.

    In this chapter

    1. Opening of AGRI meeting and CAP reform introductionDaniel Buda
    2. CAP reform: political groups’ positions on capping, environment and renationalisationDario Nardella
    3. CAP reform: Chair and Commission reactions, Lins’ reply and item closureDaniel Buda

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Who spoke at the committee

  • Herbert Dorfmann 26 sittings
  • Daniel Buda 25 sittings
  • Luke Ming Flanagan 23 sittings
  • Gilles Pennelle 22 sittings
  • Ciaran Mullooly 21 sittings
  • Thomas Waitz 21 sittings
  • Eric Sargiacomo 20 sittings
  • Jessika van Leeuwen 19 sittings
  • Veronika Vrecionová 19 sittings
  • Bert-Jan Ruissen 18 sittings
  • Christine Singer 17 sittings
  • Ivan David 16 sittings
  • Cristina Maestre 15 sittings
  • Elsi Katainen 15 sittings
  • Céline Imart 14 sittings
  • Csaba Dömötör 14 sittings
  • Dario Nardella 13 sittings
  • Asger Christensen 12 sittings
  • Cristina Guarda 12 sittings
  • Maria Grapini 12 sittings
  • Martin Häusling 12 sittings
  • Paulo do Nascimento Cabral 12 sittings
  • Barry Cowen 11 sittings
  • Benoit Cassart 11 sittings
  • Mireia Borrás Pabón 11 sittings
  • Stefan Köhler 11 sittings
  • Valérie Deloge 11 sittings
  • Carmen Crespo Díaz 10 sittings
  • Maria Walsh 10 sittings
  • Carlo Fidanza 9 sittings

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