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Gerardo Fortuna
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Journo in Brussels | Senior EU policy reporter @euronews | Health and food. EU politics here on X. | Previously @EURACTIV
Sep 4, 2024 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Five reasons why the Strategic Dialogue for the future of EU agriculture has been a success and one of von der Leyen’s smartest moves - explained in this 🧵
👇 Image The day has come and Professor Strohschneider presented the much-anticipated 100-page report. You can find all the details on the report in my article on @euronews, but here are 5 reasons why this dialogue is way much better than the Farm to Fork Strategy
euronews.com/my-europe/2024…
Mar 1, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Ok, let's cut to the chase: here's a quick and basic explanation of how the EU accession process works (and I try to de-jargonise this 🧵 as much as I can so that everyone can have a better grasp of the situation)
👇 Countries interested in joining the EU file a formal membership application. Ukraine did it yesterday and handed it this morning to a diplomat of the rotating presidency of the European Council (which changes every 6 months and is currently held by France)
May 8, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
La stessa opinione pubblica che s'è bevuta la panzana degli studi classici banditi in USA perché razzisti si sta bevendo (letteralmente) l'altra panzana dell'Ue che vorrebbe imporci di annacquare il vino.
👇Un thread per capire che(come sempre)la questione è un po' più complessa Quello di cui si sta discutendo nei negoziati PAC è la proposta di aprire un nuovo settore, quello dei vini dealcolizzati. Il dibattito è se permettere la dealcolizzazione dei soli vini da tavola o anche delle eccellenze DOP/IGP.
May 7, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
We're proud to present you the highest peak reached by @EURACTIV's agrifood podcast: the spittlebug serenade. In this true NatGeo moment, you'll listen to the exclusive mating call of this insect. (You'll find the background below)
👇🎙️[from 13.35 - 14.41]
euractivcom.castos.com/episodes/31-xy… Xylella fastidiosa is a plant pathogenic bacterium mainly affecting olive trees and spreading all across the Mediterranean area. Although harmless to plants, spittlebugs and other insects are 'vectors' of the bacterium, contributing to its spread in crops.
euractiv.com/section/agricu…
May 6, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
"The EU is ready to discuss how the US proposal for waiver on intellectual property (IP) protection for COVID vaccines," said Commission president @vonderleyen. #TRIPSwaiver Image So far the EU has been sceptical about the benefit of the IP rights waiver. An amendment calling on the EU to back India and South Africa’s proposal at the WTO was rejected by the European Parliament last week.
euractiv.com/section/corona…
Mar 26, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Many sticking points have been discussed and agreed upon in today's CAP super trilogue, including the biannual performance framework, tolerance level, and indicators in the new delivery model (NDM), Portuguese agriculture minister @MariaCeuAntunes told reporters after the meeting You can find more info on what was on the menu of the meeting in this week's Agrifood Brief.
The minister did not share many details after the trilogue, only saying that the conditions are now in place to move forward toward a better solution on the NDM
euractiv.com/section/agricu…
Mar 24, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Italy's PM Mario Draghi on the 29M Astrazeneca doses in Anagni: "On Saturday evening (20 March), I received a phone call from Commission president @vonderleyen about some batches that didn't add up in the Commission's accounts and that would have been stored at the Anagni plant" "I was advised to do an inspection the same evening," continued Draghi. "I called the health minister Speranza, who is in charge of the Nas [hygien unit of Italy's Carabinieri army], and they went there immediately."