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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Ordinary meeting

4 November 2026

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Opening of the voting session and a series of votes on several legislative and international agreement files.

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Votes in committee

03:40

Organisation of the voting session and quorum check

03:40

Vote on amending regulation on production, labelling, certification and trade with third countries

05:23

Single roll-call vote on amending regulation on production, labelling, certification and trade with third countries — adopted

05:23

Votes on report "Generational renewal in agriculture"

06:00

Votes on compromises, amendments and final text — report on generational renewal in agriculture (rapporteur Maria Walsh) — final text adopted

06:00

Vote on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement EU–Indonesia

15:43

Single roll-call vote on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement EU–Indonesia — adopted

15:43

Vote on EU–Canada agreement

16:13

Single roll-call vote on EU–Canada agreement — adopted

16:13

Study on the MFF and CAP – presentation and debate

16:36

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ (chair) — Introduction of the study and of Thia Hennessy

16:36

Presentation by Thia Hennessy

19:06

Thia Hennessy — Presentation of the study on the MFF and CAP and farm viability

19:06

Debate on the MFF and CAP study

30:37

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ (chair) — Thanks, welcome to visitors and opening of coordinators’ debate

30:37

Herbert DORFMANN (EPP) — Concerns about farm viability, direct payments and environmental ring-fencing

31:41

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ (chair) — Welcome to visitors of Jérémy Decerle

34:59

Camilla LAURETI (S&D) — Risks of renationalisation of the CAP and need for effective capping

35:07

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ (chair) — Welcome and handover to Raffaele Stancanelli

37:32

Raffaele STANCANELLI (Patriots for Europe) — Critique of CAP budget cuts and risks for small farms

37:53

Bert-Jan RUISSEN (ECR) — Concerns about budget cuts and level playing field under increased national flexibility

40:13

Elsi KATAINEN (Renew) — Defence of strong CAP funding and policy commonality

42:41

Thomas WAITZ (Greens/EFA) — Risks of market distortions, capping and impact on vulnerable farms

45:23

Luke Ming FLANAGAN (The Left) — Parliament’s co-decision role and criticism of CAP funding architecture

47:24

Csaba DÖMÖTÖR (Patriots for Europe) — Warning about major CAP cuts and food price effects

50:06

Céline IMART (EPP) — Critique of renationalisation and reduced crisis and competitiveness tools

51:31

Gilles PENNELLE (Patriots for Europe) — From income aid to price regulation and impact of enlargement

53:12

Gabriella GERZSENYI (EPP) — Defence of CAP’s common nature and predictable support for Hungarian farmers

54:23

Maria NOICHL (S&D) — Questions on Farm Stewardship and co-financing incentives

55:46

Christine SINGER (Renew) — Support for extensive farms and disadvantaged regions

57:08

Ciaran MULLOOLY (Renew) — Impact on Irish sectors and resilience funding

58:31

Martin HÄUSLING (Greens/EFA) — Concerns on capping, loss of Pillar II and organic farming

01:00:20

Benoit CASSART (S&D) — Impossibility of national compensation and distortion of the single market

01:01:50

Barry COWEN (Renew) — Call to ring-fence Mercosur concession and rural funds within CAP

01:03:07

Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN (Patriots for Europe) — Farm loss, real-terms cuts and inequality risks

01:04:11

Eric SARGIACOMO (S&D) — Uncertainty of budgets and global support race

01:05:45

Norbert LINS (EPP) — Ring-fencing letters and risks of higher co-financing

01:07:26

Thia Hennessy — Replies to members’ questions on the MFF, CAP design and farm viability

01:08:54

Gijs Schilthuis (DG AGRI) — Commission reaction to the MFF and CAP study

01:15:44

Exchange of views on wildfires, drought and extreme heat

01:20:53

Chair — Introduction of exchange of views on wildfires, drought and extreme heat and format

01:20:53

Opening statements

01:27:02

Emilio Pellizzari — Impacts of heat and drought on maize and soy in the Po Valley

01:27:02

Hanna Zwerlein — Yield losses and adaptation costs in a drought‑prone German region

01:31:12

Reinhard Stückler — Managing drought risk on an Austrian organic mountain farm

01:34:51

Thomas Kersebet — Coordinating farmers as voluntary resources in rural fire management

01:39:02

Paulo Mateus — Portuguese integrated rural fire management reforms and proposals for an EU framework

01:43:08

Debate with MEPs on wildfires, drought and extreme heat

01:47:59

Gilles PENNELLE (Patriots for Europe) — Forest management, drought in Brittany and need for water storage

01:47:59

Elsi KATAINEN (Renew) — Extreme weather across Europe and question on EU-level support

01:50:19

Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN (Patriots for Europe) — Criticism of EU green policies in relation to wildfires

01:52:32

Céline IMART (EPP) — Water storage, drought and need to change EU approach

01:54:29

Bert-Jan RUISSEN (ECR) — Irrigation access, salinisation and EU financial support

01:56:30

Emilio Pellizzari — Water scarcity, irrigation needs and salinisation in the Po Valley

01:58:22

Hanna Zwerlein — Limits to irrigation and need for water retention support

02:00:41

Reinhard Stückler — Natural water retention and landscape reshaping in mountain areas

02:02:59

Paulo Mateus — Irrigation mosaics, rural abandonment and wildfire risk in Portugal

02:05:16

Thomas Kersebet — Support for farmers' water storage projects

02:07:30

Claire FITA (S&D) — Occitanie drought impacts and call for full FEADER co-financing under Article 78b

02:08:20

Thomas WAITZ (Greens/EFA) — Questions on support for humus-building and pasture-based fire prevention

02:11:18

Gabriella GERZSENYI (EPP) — Hungarian drought, fire risk and need for resilient CAP support

02:12:55

Martin HÄUSLING (Greens/EFA) — Questions on climate impacts, insurance, grazing and pest pressure

02:15:00

Christine SINGER (Renew) — Role of farmers in fire prevention and emergency response

02:17:08

Emilio Pellizzari — Need for research and new crop genetics under climate change

02:18:55

Hanna Zwerlein — Drought insurance design and faster plant protection approvals

02:20:50

Reinhard Stückler — Austrian drought insurance scheme and support for grazing and soil measures

02:22:30

Paulo Mateus — Land abandonment, integrated fire management and incentives for active management

02:25:56

Thomas Kersebet — Farmers as first responders alongside volunteer firefighters

02:32:23

Eric SARGIACOMO (S&D) — Experience from the Landes fires and need for rescEU aerial capacity

02:34:01

Daniel BUDA (EPP) — Growing climate extremes, water storage, insurance and CAP’s role

02:37:47

Herbert DORFMANN (EPP) — Adaptation mix and rejecting blame narrative

02:40:29

Grégory ALLIONE (Renew) — Aligning environmental protection, agriculture and CAP for fire prevention

02:43:01

Emilio Pellizzari — Farm income, abandonment and need for genetics and research

02:45:07

Hanna Zwerlein — Closing remarks on drought impacts and urgent action

02:47:29

Reinhard Stückler — Grazing livestock as key to wildfire prevention and rural vitality

02:48:09

Paulo Mateus — From fire suppression trap to prevention and integrated rural fire management

02:50:07

Thomas Kersebet — Need for aerial means, protection of responders and EU support for resilience

02:53:32

Gijs Schilthuis (DG AGRI) — CAP flexibilities and investments for drought and wildfire resilience

02:55:08

Representative of DG ECHO — Civil protection lessons from the 2026 wildfire season and budget constraints

03:00:12

Veronika Manfredi (DG ENV) — EU water resilience strategy and heatwave plan

03:05:40

Chair — Closing of wildfire, drought and heat item and opening of mission report item

03:10:45

Report back on AGRI mission to Occitanie (France)

03:13:37

Report and discussion on the Occitanie mission

03:13:37

Herbert DORFMANN (EPP) — Summary of the AGRI mission to Occitanie

03:13:37

Céline IMART (EPP) — Outcomes and political context of the Occitanie mission

03:15:19

Claire FITA (S&D) — Farm incomes, water use and resilience in Occitanie

03:16:50

Chair — Closing of the meeting

03:18:12

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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Ordinary meeting

4 November 2026

AGRI Wed, 4 Nov 2026 European Parliament

Follow its sittings

03:40 - 03:44

Speaker 1

Gather the people together.

03:44 - 04:28

Speaker 5

So, dear colleagues, I would like to ask you take your seat. It's time to start this voting. Please, colleagues. So. I just have asked Teresa if we have all.

Please just remark you to have your voting card in your voting machines.

04:28 - 04:39

Speaker 4

We just to do a test, right? Okay, 39.

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