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EU reset deal to include ‘Farage-clause’ and won't include City
12 Jan 2026 02:37 GMT
… gets into Downing Street.
EU diplomats requested the British … necessary border controls.”
One EU diplomat told the newspaper: … firms lobbied against reintegrating EU rules.
They said that … EU laws in specific areas such as food standards and animal welfare …
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Leading European food companies urge EU to End the Cage Age
12 Jan 2026 01:27 GMT
… use of cages.
Currently, seven European countries have introduced national bans … provisions preventing lower-welfare products entering the EU. The animal welfare NGO has also … an overwhelming 94% of Europeans believing animals should have enough space to …
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EU demands ‘Farage clause’ as part of Brexit reset talks
11 Jan 2026 21:48 GMT
… Farage clause”.
A proposed EU-UK “veterinary agreement” to … told the newspaper.
Other European diplomats stressed that the … of food safety and animal welfare border checks.
The government … apply” all EU legislation governing animal and plant products …
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SELINA SCOTT: Nowhere in Labour's new 12,500-word animal welfare paper is there a single mention of barbaric halal slaughter
11 Jan 2026 04:46 GMT
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Selina Scott, an animal welfare campaigner and former TV … month, Labour announced its animal welfare strategy, which grabbed headlines … across the Channel the European Court of Human Rights …
Selina Scott is an animal welfare campaigner and former TV …
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EU Trade Policy Under Pressure After Irish Protests 2026
10 Jan 2026 20:10 GMT
… animal welfare.
Critics warn that EU trade policy risks contradicting Europe … EU trade policy has weakened in parts of rural Europe … EU trade policy risks deepening divisions between urban and rural Europe … agriculture, influencing Europe’s economic direction …
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PHOTO GALLERY 20,000 farmers rally in Athlone against EU-Mercosur deal
10 Jan 2026 16:55 GMT
… intensified to the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal, according … followed confirmation that the EU ambassador had approved the … said. “Irish and European citizens do not want hormone … and little regard for animal welfare or environmental protection.”
Organisers …
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EU farmers say more ‘ambitious and decisive’ concessions needed
09 Jan 2026 20:19 GMT
… EU farmer organisations has said that concession made by the European … meeting with several European Commissioners, including those … Sefcovic); and health and animal welfare (Oliver Varhelyi).
Copa … [Council of the EU and European Parliament] is crucial …
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Parliament Patriots to table another motion of censure in European Commission
09 Jan 2026 19:08 GMT
… der Leyen and her European Commission.
French group leader … as European Commission president.
A majority of EU member … under looser environmental and animal-welfare standards. Farmers say this … the Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament, composed …
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EU-Mercosur trade deal: What you need to know
09 Jan 2026 17:09 GMT
… evolving policy goals in Europe and Mercosur countries forced … from the EU Council and the European Parliament to … lower labour, animal-welfare and environmental standards, while EU farmers must … .
What comes next?
European Commission President Ursula von …
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EU countries back Mercosur trade deal as Irish farmers to stage protest in Athlone
09 Jan 2026 15:32 GMT
… , according to three EU diplomats and sources.
The European Commission, which concluded … food safety standards. The European Commission says the EU's standards … products, notably regarding pesticides and animal welfare. It aims to strengthen import …