Agrifood reporter - Euractiv 📩 maria.simon@euractiv.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3mdim5uayu22ahttps://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-uk-and-norway-remain-deadlocked-over-atlantic-fishing-rights/28 Jan 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdim5uayu22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3m7nibcjng22uhttps://www.euractiv.com/news/parliament-council-hit-standstill-on-veggie-burger-ban/10 Dec 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7nibcjng22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3m75ssulkus2nIn case you missed it ⚠️🧬 The latest on NGTs, as usual w/ @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social 👇 https://www.euractiv.com/news/brussels-strikes-long-awaited-deal-on-gene-edited-crops/04 Dec 2025 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75ssulkus2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3m6m63tdvys2g📣“Good law-making cannot be compromised even for the sake of urgency” said @ombudsman.europa.eu https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-ombudsman-accuses-commission-of-maladministration-over-farm-rule-changes/27 Nov 2025 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6m63tdvys2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3m6m62m7lrs2gUnlikely to sit well with EU ministers...🐟 https://www.euractiv.com/news/commission-pushes-mediterranean-fishing-cuts-as-tense-talks-loom/27 Nov 2025 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6m62m7lrs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3m62yrc5mdc2n🍗 More water in poultry products? EU Commission says no 💦 The industry warns that current limits don’t match today’s breeds 🐓 But the Commission won’t move. “When you fry the breast in the pan, you can be disappointed…” Full story 👇🏼 https://www.euractiv.com/news/commission-refuses-to-allow-more-water-in-chicken-meat/20 Nov 2025 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m62yrc5mdc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3m5yd2cgaoc2bHungary's parliament voted to ban cultured meat, setting the country up for another fight w/Brussels 🥩 https://www.euractiv.com/news/hungary-goes-ahead-with-lab-meat-ban-despite-eu-warnings/19 Nov 2025 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5yd2cgaoc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3m4gcek57vk2bFeaturing in Wilder’s short-lived coalition has hit the @boerburgerb.bsky.social - but not sunk it 🗳️ What’s next for Dutch farmers? 👩🏻‍🌾 🐄 The centrist coalition expected to form could put mandatory farm closures back on the table https://www.euractiv.com/news/farmers-party-holds-on-in-dutch-election-after-brief-spell-in-government/30 Oct 2025 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4gcek57vk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3m3aleqcjwk2n🇵🇱 Polish govn’t accuses foreign supermarkets 🛒, global traders 🌾 of squeezing farmers 👩🏻‍🌾 @StefanKrajewski promises action but keeps expectations in check❕ “We are in a single 🇪🇺 market … it’s not like it was before 1989” [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Oct 2025 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3aleqcjwk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3m35buizfg22iCell-based #meat has been raising eyebrows for a while…🥩 Innovators say fish could be next to make a splash 👀 In Leuven 🇧🇪, a start-up wants to put lab-grown fish on Europeans’ plates by 2030 🐟 In Hamburg 🇩🇪, another aims to sell lab-grown caviar in Singapore in 2026 🍽️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Oct 2025 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m35buizfg22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3m2oj6x5bsc2wThe right side of the 🇪🇺 Parliament (+ some socialist, liberals) just voted to ban names like “burger” and “steak” for plant-based products 🌱❌ 👇🏼 @euractiv.com https://www.euractiv.com/news/parliament-pushes-for-veggie-burger-ban/08 Oct 2025 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2oj6x5bsc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3lznyz2jq2s2r🇪🇸’s Luis Planas says the CAP proposal could give 🇪🇺 countries too much financial wiggle room and undercut fair competition Full interview here👇🏼 @euractiv.com euractiv.com/interview/comm…25 Sep 2025 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lznyz2jq2s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3lz4j5ghjkk24Sweden 🇸🇪 is (again) calling for more cormorant hunts, saying the birds eat over 300K tonnes of Europe's fish each year 🐟 https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-ministers-renew-push-to-cull-fish-eating-cormorants/18 Sep 2025 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4j5ghjkk24https://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3lyxbhmlk4s2z“I don’t think the #WTO should be too euphoric about this” John Clarke told @euractiv.com 🎣After 2 decades in the making, the deal has come into force - but is this just the beginning? Read on to learn about the fate of illegal fishing hotspots, such as Argentina’s "Mile 201" 🚢 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2025 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyxbhmlk4s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3lxf4d57uxs2m"Some will hysterically cry even treason. Some will say we’re surrendering sovereignty or freedoms, but that is nonsense" said 🇬🇧’s EU affairs minister Nick Thomas-Symonds [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2025 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxf4d57uxs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3lunbd5ahrs2jAfter his appointment, Rainer said that Germans were mature enough to decide what to put in their shopping baskets…. 🛒 … a few months later, govn’t advisors are handing him a report calling for a shift away from his cherished meat 🥩🍖🥓 What’s in it? 🗒️👇🏼 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunbd5ahrs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3lukokflxpk2xIn 1929, Magritte painted “This is not as pipe” to argue that a label does not constitute the object 🎨 In 2025, Brussels is caught in a dilemma over representations and the defense of what is “real” 🌱🍣 🤔 Whether in art or at the supermarket, is a name ever just a name? [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2025 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lukokflxpk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3ltyravt2jk2gThe COM proposal follows pressure from farm ministers and MEPs, but does not go as far as some were hoping… 🍽️ Among processed meats, only bacon 🥓 made it to the list seen by @euractiv.com 👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2025 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyravt2jk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3ltworv6wtk24Get ready for bans on using meat 🥩 names for veggie food 🍽️ - and new rules on cannabis cultivation 🌿 Details of the draft proposal 👇🏼 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2025 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltworv6wtk24https://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3ltwn5juxck24As with farm subsidies, the COM plans to integrate fisheries 🎣 into the new single fund. Still, it is ready to meet one of the industry’s long-standing demands: lifting key restrictions on EU funding ⛴️ - we got the draft 👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2025 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltwn5juxck24https://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3ltw5sffwbc2a🚨 Brussels will include the #CAP in a new single fund, keeping farmers’ income support ringfenced but scrapping the rural development pillar, according to a draft seen by @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social and me ‼️ https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/exclusive-brussels-proposes-single-fund-cap-but-preserves-farmers-direct-support/14 Jul 2025 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltw5sffwbc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3ltoyq3ln722tThe 🇳🇱 farmers party sees little hope of swaying the EU to retain its manure exemption 💩 - and has little time before October’s snap election🗳️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jul 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltoyq3ln722thttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3ltoxsumttc2tAmid Italy’s pushback on CBD 🇮🇹, farm MEPs in Brussels press for EU rules on hemp 🇪🇺 Their idea? 👇🏼 🌿 EU-wide THC limit of 0.5% 🪻 Endorsing the use of “the entire plant” - so also the flower, which some countries consider as a narcotic… ⚠️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jul 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltoxsumttc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/maria-simon.bsky.social/post/3ltgyrnu4t22cDK 🇩🇰will take the lead in negotiations at the Council, all while facing disputes with EU neighbours (UK🇬🇧, Norway🇳🇴...) and navigating sustainability challenges at home. 👉To tax or not to tax, that is the question 🤔 👉 Never ending fight over bottom trawling 🐟 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2025 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:pe43f7t562ttp54tg7eng4rs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltgyrnu4t22c