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Co-op leaders criticise US-EU joint statement on trade deal

Apexes Copa-Cogeca, Rescoop.eu and Co-operatives Europe have all stated concerns about the agreement

European co-ops sound the alarm about US-EU trade deal

Co-op leaders in Europe have struck a critical note over the trade deal agreed between the…

Europe’s social economy plan at risk, warns midterm review

Emphasis on defence, competitiveness and austerity among EU member states threaten to reverse progress, warns Social…

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-…

EU not doing enough to support worker buyouts, warn co-ops

Cecop and Cooperatives Europe are among organisations calling for more support for business transfers, including worker…

European Commission: DG Grow scraps social economy unit

The Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG Grow) has scrapped the unit responsible for…

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 agri co-ops meet US stakeholders to discuss trade

European agricultural and co-operative stakeholders recently met US policymakers in Washington to reaffirm the importance of…

Co-ops want ‘balanced approach’ to EU-Ukraine trade liberalisation

European agri co-ops have joined a call by industry stakeholders calling for “a carefully balanced approach”…