Press release - Strengthening the position of farmers in the food supply chain: press conference on Tuesday at 17.30

Strengthening the position of farmers in the food supply chain: press conference on Tuesday at 17.30 Following the plenary vote on new EU rules to give farmers a stronger position in the food supply chain, rapporteur Céline Imart will brief journalists on Tuesday at 17:30. Who: rapporteur Céline Imart (EPP, FR) When: Tuesday 16 June 2026 at 17:30 CEST Where: Daphne Caruana Galizia Press Conference Room, Strasbourg (room WEISS N -1/201) and via webstreaming. How: Accredited journalists are invited to attend the press conference in person. Interpretation will be provided in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish. Journalists can also join the press conference and ask questions remotely via the Interactio platform. When connecting, enter your name and the media organisation you are representing in the first name/last name fields. For better sound quality, use headphones and a microphone. Interpretation is only possible for interventions with video. Interactio is only supported on iPad (with the Safari browser) and Mac/Windows (with the Google Chrome browser). When connecting, enter your name and the media you are representing in the first name / last name fields. For better sound quality, use headphones and a microphone. Interpretation is only possible for interventions with video. Journalists who have never used Interactio before are asked to connect 30 minutes before the start of the press conference to perform a connection test. IT assistance can be provided if necessary. When connected, open the chat window (upper right corner) to be able to see the service messages. For more details, check the connection guidelines and recommendations for remote speakers. Background: In recent years, farmers have been facing an increasingly challenging operating environment, leading to protests in EU member states. In response, the European Commission proposed amendments to a number of EU legal acts. The compromise reached on the farmers’ position between the Council and the Parliament aims to make written contracts a general rule, reinforce the bargaining power of producer organisations, simplify their recognition, and establish an incentive framework for voluntary schemes and social sustainability initiatives. following a push by Parliament, the agreement protects the denominations of meat and certain meat products, and excludes lab-grown alternatives labelled as 'meat' to ensure consumer transparency and fair competition.