The AgriFish Council’s Partial General Approach on the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy drops the only mechanism linking CAP payments to compliance with labour rights. EFFAT calls for its reinstatement and will mobilise in Brussels on 3 November. EFFAT expresses...
Agricultural trade unions will gather at Place Jean Rey as the post-2027 CAP negotiations threaten the only EU rule linking employers’ subsidies to respect for workers’ rights. Brussels, 26 October 2026 – On Tuesday 3 November 2026, from 14:00 to 16:00 CET, EFFAT, the...
Despite strong calls from EU co-legislators and the sector, the Commission has failed to deliver a targeted revision of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).A future for fisheries and aquaculture requires reforms, not yet another clever strategy. Published today, the...
EFFAT, representing the 4.8m people working in the food and drink industry, and FoodDrinkEurope, representing Europe's 310,000+ enterprises in the industry, have joined forces to call on the European Commission to end unfair trading practices in the food chain. The...
EFFAT and FoodServiceEurope, adopted a joint declaration today addressing the persistent and worsening labour shortages affecting the contract catering sector across Europe. Shared view Social partners agree that labour and skills shortages are one of the main...
EFFAT stood alongside the ETUC outside the EU Councill as ministers discussed the 28th Regime, warning that the draft regulation could weaken labour enforcement, collective rights and protections against abusive subcontracting Brussels, 24 September 2026. This...
On 15 September, the European Commission published its Fair Labour Mobility Package. It includes a communication on fair labour mobility and five legislative proposals covering the mandate of the European Labour Authority (ELA), a European Social Security Pass, skills...
Brussels, 15 September 2026: EFFAT welcomes the European Commission's proposal for a regulation on short-term rentals aimed at addressing housing affordability in popular tourist destinations but expresses concern over the voluntary nature of the initiative and the...
The European Commission published its long-awaited proposal to revise the EU Public Procurement Directive. EFFAT's first and most urgent concern is that the special procedure applicable to canteen and contract catering services is left without the clarification needed...
While EU leaders meet in Brussels on 18-19 June to discuss competitiveness and deregulation, more than 10,000 workers from across Europe gathered in Madrid for a different vision: investment, social justice, and quality jobs for all. The "Rally for Quality Jobs,...
