Overview
- Ursula von der Leyen proposed an early €45 billion boost to the next Common Agricultural Policy from 2028 to ease farm sector tensions.
- France published an order suspending imports of produce treated with substances banned in the EU, targeting items such as avocados and mangos for up to one year pending Commission review within ten days.
- EU agriculture ministers meet in Brussels on Wednesday to address safeguards, pesticide residue rules and input costs, with Italy signaling support that leaves France without the numbers to block approval.
- Farmer mobilisations intensified with roadblocks around Toulouse and convoys pressing toward Paris, as unions demand generalized vaccination against DNC, an end to whole‑herd culling and a pause on PAC‑linked inspections.
- French officials say the current text remains insufficient and pledge to keep pressing for changes even as a member‑state vote is expected Friday and a tight European Parliament debate looms.