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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Ordinary meeting

4 November 2026

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Overall proceedings of the AGRI Committee’s ordinary meeting, following the set agenda items.

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Ordinary meeting — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

05:34

Opening and adoption of agenda and minutes

05:34

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ — Opening of meeting, adoption of agenda and minutes

05:34

Exchange of views with the Commission on the new strategic approach to research and innovation (Agri40 / Food40)

08:41

Presentation by the Commission

08:41

Diego Canga Fano — Presentation of the Commission’s strategic approach to agri-food research and innovation

08:41

Debate with Members and Commission replies

17:14

Herbert DORFMANN (EPP) — Support for innovation and funding priority for agriculture

17:14

Eric SARGIACOMO (S&D) — Strengths and gaps in the Commission’s strategy

19:44

Gilles PENNELLE (Patriots for Europe) — Critique of continuity with the Green Deal and lack of productive ambition

21:55

Bert-Jan RUISSEN (ECR) — Budget growth, multi-actor approach and experimental space

24:26

Elsi KATAINEN (Renew) — Bioeconomy opportunities and market uptake of research

28:39

Martin HÄUSLING (Greens/EFA) — Questioning technological focus and climate-oriented research priorities

30:49

Luke Ming FLANAGAN (The Left) — Who benefits from innovation and who is the competitor?

33:21

Ivan DAVID (ENS) — Research focus beyond technology and impact of EU policies

35:03

Jessika VAN LEEUWEN (EPP) — Closing the innovation gap and speeding up registrations

37:25

Daniel BUDA (EPP) — Competing with climate change and involving universities

39:10

Christine SINGER (Renew) — Strategic sector status and need for stable funding

40:47

Marko VEŠLIGAJ (S&D) — Access for small farmers and smaller Member States

42:20

Barry COWEN (Renew) — Making innovation usable and protecting agri funding in the MFF

43:57

Ton DIEPEVEEN (Patriots for Europe) — Innovation under regulatory pressure, with focus on the Netherlands

45:25

Diego Canga Fano — Commission replies on funding, competitiveness and inclusiveness

47:05

Gender Equality Week — Women’s leadership in agriculture and rural areas

51:15

Introduction of theme and invited speakers

51:15

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ — Introduction to Gender Equality Week focus and speakers

51:15

Video message by President Metsola

53:58

Video message by President Roberta Metsola on women’s leadership and gender equality

53:58

Testimonies by invited women leaders in agriculture and rural areas

56:00

Ursula Kelly — Farm diversification, female leadership and call for targeted CAP support

56:00

Maria Voglerrieder — Diversified family farm, women’s entrepreneurship and structural barriers

01:03:31

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ — Thanks to speakers and introduction of Lauren Phillips (FAO)

01:12:07

Lauren Phillips — FAO evidence and global examples on empowering women in agrifood systems

01:15:53

Interventions by AGRI standing rapporteurs on women in farming

01:22:06

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ — Transition to standing rapporteurs’ debate

01:22:06

Christine SINGER (Renew) — Women’s visibility, farm succession and equal opportunities for daughters

01:22:36

Daniel BUDA (EPP, on behalf of Maria Walsh) — Generation renewal report and targeted support for women in agriculture

01:26:37

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ — Symbolic all-women panel and launch of coordinators’ round

01:31:40

Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA (EPP) — Limited progress since earlier reports and need for new political tactics

01:32:10

Maria GRAPINI (S&D) — Mentoring, targeted programmes and using data to increase women farmers

01:34:15

Jessika VAN LEEUWEN (ECR) — Recognition, data needs and CAP support to empower women farmers

01:36:58

Elsi KATAINEN (Renew) — Ownership, power and women’s access to decision-making

01:39:29

Debate with Members and panel replies on women’s leadership in agriculture

01:42:03

Thomas WAITZ (Greens/EFA) — Rural infrastructure, CAP second pillar and women farm successors

01:42:03

Luke Ming FLANAGAN (The Left) — Infrastructure, paternity leave and trade deals’ impact on women farmers

01:44:46

Ivan DAVID (ENS) — Status and remuneration of informal female farm workers

01:47:58

Eric SARGIACOMO (S&D, Vice-Chair) — Status of spouses and social conditionality in the CAP

01:49:40

Barry COWEN (Renew) — Legal rights, recognition and CAP negotiations

01:51:26

Camilla LAURETI (S&D) — Care responsibilities, services and women’s role in sustainable agriculture

01:52:54

Daniel BUDA (EPP) — Conditions for women in rural areas and valuing domestic work

01:54:49

Ciaran MULLOOLY (Renew) — Barriers to women’s leadership in Irish agriculture

01:56:45

Ursula Kelly \u2014 Farm diversification, inclusion and mandatory gender priorities in CAP

01:58:48

Maria Voglerrieder \u2014 Childcare, farm relief services and property rights for women farmers

02:02:16

Lauren Phillips (FAO) — Gender-transformative approaches and social protection in agriculture

02:05:27

Mr Schulthess (DG AGRI) — Commission actions for gender equality, CAP support and Women in Farming platform

02:08:19

Thomas WAITZ (Greens/EFA) — Call for mandatory relief services, women-focused renewal and CAP second pillar

02:14:05

DG AGRI representative — Brief reply on negotiations and rural expenditure share

02:14:57

Christine SINGER (Gender Mainstreaming Network) — Concluding remarks on women’s responsibilities and policy follow-up

02:15:45

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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Ordinary meeting

4 November 2026

AGRI Wed, 4 Nov 2026 European Parliament

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05:34 - 08:01

Speaker 1

So, good morning everybody.

I can see that many of our colleagues are not here yet, but I will slowly start and let's hope that they will join us a little bit later. So welcome here at our today committee meetings. And let's start with first item, adoption of agenda. If I don't see any objection, it was adopted. So, Chair's announcement.

I would like to really thanks a lot to all our colleagues from Secretariat, the staff of Parliament, and, of course, to all our interpreters for their help. And maybe I would, at the beginning, I would like to mention that we have many visitors today and we only don't know exactly what time who will come, so please I would like to ask you to help me to recognize them and in only in this case I will be able to welcome them. So, item three, adoption of minutes from the our meetings, 2-3 September, 28th of September, and 5 of October. And it's again I think it's adopted.

I'm sure it's adopted. The item four, it's first item of our working program, exchange of view with the Commission on the new strategic approach to research and innovative for competitiveness, resilient, a sustainable agriculture, forestry, rural areas and food system. Future-proofing EU agri-food through Agri40 and Food40. Research and innovation are essential for the future competitiveness and resilient of the agri and food. The sector must innovate faster to meet growing challenges from climate change to a strong dependence of import imported inputs.

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