#33 Brussels on your plate: enjoy your meal!
Will Frans Timmermans’ Farm-to-Fork vision actually land on our plates? It seems that now that the European Parliament has also approved this sustainable food strategy of the European Commission. In an adapted form, though, and that input for discussion: also in the Europe Podcast.
Guests from Strasbourg are Anja Hazekamp, rapporteur for this Farm-to-Bord strategy, and negotiators Bert-Jan Ruissen and Jan Huitema. Hazekamp (PvdD / GUE/NGL) agreed, Ruissen voted against (SGP / ECR) and Huitema (VVD / Renew Europe) ultimately abstained. What are their needs? And what is the idea behind this vision with Frans Timmermans as helmsman?
And from Wageningen, another file-eater joined us: Jeroen Candel, associate professor of Agriculture and Food Policy at Wageningen University & Research. To what extent food what our agricultural and policy policies look like, and what are national governments about? And so the question is: what next?
Reading tip: research platform Follow the money found this week this bulky article.
Position Le President
Encore six mois, then the French elect their new president. Make a note in your agenda: April 10, round 1. Do you also want to follow these very important elections for the European Union? The numbers 1 and 2 of the 1st round will advance to the 2nd round on April 24. Stefan de Vries comes with an update.
The Thirty-third Europe Podcast
Hahn and De Vries keep a close eye on Brussels, the European Union, Schengen, the eurozone and the fringes of our continent. In addition to the topics of conversation, attention is also paid to ‘music’ from our continent. And this episode we go to Sweden. You can check out the entire playlist of this horrible euro trash here included in our Spotify list.
Also on FM!
You can hear us on BNR every Wednesday evening. Time: 7:00 PM. So with the board on your lap!