MEPs call on the EU to boost its food security and strategic autonomy. In the light of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the draft text calls for the use of the EU’s strategic food stocks, a protein and feed strategy to allow farmers to become less reliant on third countries, new breeding techniques to decrease the use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides, and investments in digital technologies in agriculture. It also demands a dedicated EU programme for water management, the reduction of food waste and reciprocity in trade of agricultural products with third countries. MEPs also ask for safeguards to ensure that agricultural activity in the EU is maintained during the implementation of the Green Deal. MEPs debate.

ŠOJDROVÁ, Michaela (EPP, CZ)

TARABELLA, Marc (NI, BE)

VANDENKENDELAERE, Tom (EPP, BE)

ARENA, Maria (S&D, BE)

DE CASTRO, Paolo (S&D, IT)

HETMAN, Krzysztof (EPP, PL)

KUŹMIUK, Zbigniew (ECR, PL)

WAITZ, Thomas (Greens/EFA, AT, Greens/EFA, AT)

ALIEVA-VELI, Atidzhe (Renew, BG)

HAIDER, Roman (ID, AT)

ROOS, Robert (ECR, NL)

GUERREIRO, Francisco (Greens/EFA, PT)

LUTGEN, Benoît (EPP, BE)

DONATO, Francesca (NI, IT)

CARVALHAIS, Isabel (S&D, PT)

MARKEY, Colm (EPP, IE)

ILČIĆ, Ladislav (ECR, HR)

EP Plenary session Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture