Beef
Nina Carberry and Barry Cowen have tabled amendments, which are designed to strengthen the EU-Mercosur safeguard regulation
Agri Politics
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has called on Taoiseach Micheál Martin to ensure that the...
An Irish MEP has welcomed the withdrawal of an "urgent" motion to bring forward a vote on Mercosur safeguard measures.
An Irish MEP has challenged the EU Parliament president on a decision to stall referring the Mercosur trade deal to the EU Court of Justice.
Rural Life
A "pan-European" day of farmer protests is being organised for December 18, ahead of Ursula von der Leyen's planned trip to Brazil.
The European Commission "is not listening to farmers" when it comes to negotiating trade deals,...
Meat and livestock director Rupert Claxton told the Beef Conference why he is "not panicked" on proposed beef imports in the Mercosur deal.
Agri-Business
The European Council approved a proposed regulation implementing safeguards for agricultural products under the EU-Mercosur trade deal.
The Irish government has been accused of neglecting its responsibility to defend Irish farmers in relation to the Mercosur trade deal.
With discussion about a proposed trade deal between the European Union and some South American...
Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Cowen has issued an update on proposed agricultural safeguards in the EU-Mercosur trade deal.
Sinn Féin said if Tánaiste Simon Harris is serious about supporting farmers then he must commit to rejecting the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement betrays European farmers, workers, consumers and the environment, European agri-food and trade groups said.
Farmers gathered outside the gates of Leinster House today to take part in a protest, led by the ICSA against the Mercosur deal.
The Mercosur trade deal, in its current form, will "destroy" Irish and European beef farming according to a national livestock chair.
Uncertainty around the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and "harmful" trade deals are "threatening...
The Mercosur member states are to work more closely with the World Trade Organization on its internal regulation for animal and plant health.
Almost 60 MEPs are to table a motion for a resolution to seek an opinion from the Court of Justice of the EU (CEJU) on the EU-Mercosur deal.
A TD has claimed that "all the signs" point to Ireland being "coerced" into accepting the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement.
An EU delegation to the South American country of Brazil has been described as "last-minute and...
Independent Ireland MEP, Ciaran Mullooly has said that he is deeply concerned by reports from...
Sinn Féin spokesperson on agriculture, Deputy Martin Kenny, has called on the government to do...
A delegation of MEPs from the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development...
