The European Commission stood firm in its resolve to forge ahead with the EU’s sustainable food goals in the first expert meeting on food security [recently], despite growing fears around food shortages caused by the war in Ukraine.
“I firmly believe the risks to food security in the EU can be contained if we all cooperate and coordinate our actions,” the EU’s Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said at the start of the closed-door meeting.
The issue has taken on a new significance in the past days given Ukraine and Russia’s central role in supplying the world with staple grains and oils.
Together, the two agricultural powerhouses provide more than a third of the world’s wheat and barley, 52% of maize and over 50% of sunflower oil and seeds.
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But one suggestion that will not be under consideration is that of revising the agri-food part of the EU’s Green Deal, composed of the Farm to Fork and the Biodiversity strategies.
The controversial idea has been gaining ground in recent days with the largest parliamentary group, the centre-right Europe People’s Party, even hinting at putting on hold the implementation of the strategies, much to the chagrin of environmental campaigners, Green and Leftist MEPs.
