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Farming, fisheries and food

The common agricultural policy, fisheries, food safety and animal welfare.

53 final votes in the European Parliament since July 2024.

• Russian strikes affecting the EU, notably ships in the Black Sea, and the risks to human life and food security (22 October 2026)
• The rules for certifying carbon stored in soils by farmers (“carbon farming”) (20 October 2026)
• Monacolins from red yeast rice, a food supplement sold to lower cholesterol, whose use the Commission wants to restrict (8 October 2026)
• Certain plants containing hydroxyanthracene derivatives (such as senna or rhubarb), used in food supplements, which the Commission wants to ban (8 October 2026)
• Allowing France to join an inter-American convention on the protection of sea turtles (7 October 2026)
• The assessment of the common fisheries policy (17 September 2026)
• Social and environmental standards for imported seafood, to ensure fair competition with European fishers (17 September 2026)
• Fishing rules in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (15 September 2026)
• Bringing fishing rules agreed by international organisations into EU law (15 September 2026)
• Banning lead in certain fishing tackle (sinkers, lures) (8 July 2026)
• Temporary support for farmers facing higher fertiliser prices caused by the Middle East crisis (7 July 2026)
• Plants obtained by new genomic techniques (new GMOs) and their use in food (17 June 2026)
• Strengthening farmers’ position against processors and supermarkets (16 June 2026)
• The fisheries management plan for the Baltic Sea (21 May 2026)
• The impact of maritime spatial planning (offshore wind farms, protected areas…) on fishing (20 May 2026)
• The fisheries agreement between the EU and the Cook Islands (20 May 2026)
• The fisheries agreement between the EU and São Tomé and Príncipe (20 May 2026)
• The future of European livestock farming in the face of animal diseases and food security (30 April 2026)
• Ocean diplomacy serving European fisheries and aquaculture (28 April 2026)
• The welfare of dogs and cats and their compulsory identification (microchip, registration) (28 April 2026)