📣Today in Brussels: tractors, horns and thousands of farmers making their voices heard 👇

CEFS stands in solidarity with EU farmers facing rising costs, market imbalance & uncertainty.

A resilient EU agri-food chain starts with farmers being listened to & fairly supported 🚜🤝

Great visit to Raffinerie Tirlemontoise in Tienen yesterday! 🌱

We saw how Belgian beet sugar is made, met the people behind it and discussed key sector challenges.

Thank you to Raffinerie Tirlemontoise for welcoming us and to
@effat.org and @rudikennes.bsky.social for joining us! 🤝

Yesterday CEFS joined other agri-food sectors to sound the alarm on the EU-Mercosur deal ⏰

Huge gaps in standards, risks for EU farming, and major climate, environmental and labour concerns.

🛑 We urge EU institutions to reject the deal.

#StopMercosur 🚫

🚨 The EU beet sugar sector stands firmly against the #EUMercosur deal.
Why ?
❌ The safeguard is ineffective.
❌ Imports ignore EU standards & create unfair competition
❌ The “rebalancing” tool risks blocking key EU climate policies.
Read CEFS-CIBE joint position paper: bit.ly/49kCJmV
#StopMercosur 🚫

📢 Primary food processors support 140K direct jobs & 1.2 million indirect jobs across Europe! 🌾

From farmers to food factories, they power the EU food system & economy 🦾

#AgriFood #Jobs #PrimaryProcessing #EUFoodSystem

© Photo courtesy of Cosun Beet Company

This morning CEFS joined a breakfast discussion hosted by MEPs NorbertLins and Jan-Christoph Oetjen to address the growing threat of the planthopper (Pentastiridius leporinus) 🪲 to EU agriculture and food security 🌾

The message was clear: urgent, coordinated action is needed 🚨

Last week we visited Biowanze with Mr Philippe Lamberts, FWA & Raffinerie Tirlemontoise.

CEFS highlighted the EU sugar sector's challenges in decarbonisation & the path to net-zero by 2050 🌱🏭

Thanks to Biowanze & Mr Lamberts for a great exchange! 🤝

How can 🇪🇺 sugar cut 90% of emissions by 2040?

Ahead of EU Council discussions on the 2040 target, we call for:
🌍 Flexibility (int’l credits & clear ETS rules)
💰 Realistic, cost-effective policies
🤝 Policy coherence & just transition

👉 bit.ly/4goLNsp

#EUClimateLaw #Sustainability #SugarIndustry

✅ The EU sugar industry has cut CO₂ emissions by 59% since 1990. But rising carbon costs, fewer allowances & lack of funding threaten jobs & decarbonisation.

📢 CEFS calls for an ETS that supports, not penalises, our sector.

🔗Check out our position paper: bit.ly/3IbNxrY

#ETS #SugarIndustry #CBAM