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Summit explores progress on EU Social Economy Action Plan

Delegates, including leaders from Cooperatives Europe and Cecop, called for more robust support for the sector…

Co-ops respond to finalised EU-Mercosur trade deal text

Farming federations in South America have largely welcomed the plans but in Europe, Copa and Cogeca…

Co-ops take critical line on EU budget plans

Copa and Cogeca slammed plans to reform farm subsidies, and Rescoop warned proposals threatened the growth…

European agri co-ops launch petition against single fund CAP

'Agriculture plays a key stabilising role - and we cannot jeopardise its future with budgetary short…

Co-ops welcome simplified Common Agricultural Policy package

'The agricultural sector needs policies that are coherent, meaningful and implementable,' said Copa and Cogeca

Co-ops welcome EU-wide lowering of wolf protections

Copa and Cogeca said the move was long overdue, with rural people affected by wolf populations-…

European co-op sector’s role highlighted at Brussels events

Coops Europe said the events 'reinforced the central role co-ops play in building a resilient, inclusive…

European co-ops welcome plan to re-set farming and agri-food sector 

But sector apexes Copa and Cogeca say more attention needs to be paid to the Common…

New digital community brings together EU social economy actors

Can the European Union lead the way in the green and digital transitions? And, if so,…

Euro Coop joins calls to combat greenwashing

“These provisions will ensure that consumers receive truthful information about the real environmental impacts of products…

Agri-co-ops welcome EU proposals to support farmers

Copa-Cogeca has welcomed proposals on unfair trade practices and the common market organisation of agricultural products

European Commission: Roxana Mînzatu assumes social economy portfolio

Co-ops and other social economy actors welcomed the news, which gives Mînzatu responsibility for the EU's…