We held our annual #POLITICOSustainableSummit to examine the EU’s green rulebook in uncertain times. 
 
Here are some highlights 👇
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Trump has all but torn up the rulebook on global trade. Will Europe go in the same direction?

John Clarke, former director for international relations at DG AGRI, says he hopes not, but sees a risk of that happening 👇

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"It’s the easiest trick in the political playbook to blame immigrants or imports," John Clarke, former director for international relations at DG AGRI, says at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit.

“That’s what we’re seeing across Europe today," he adds 👇

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But Emily Rees, CEO of CropLife International, points out that even if around six to eight percent of Europe feels food insecure, that’s still the population of Poland.

And women and children are the most affected, she says.

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“Europe is a food secure continent,” David Laborde, Director at FAO, says at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit.

But, he says, persistent food price inflation means people are making choices about the quality of the food they consume.

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“We have a short growing season in Finland … So we need to create our own crops,” the Finnish Agri Ministry’s Sanna Viljakainen says at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit.

For that reason, Nordic countries are banking on new genomic techniques.

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🦗 EU consumers don’t always take to new foods, DG SANTE's Klaus Berend has warned, citing the limited success of insect-based food in the bloc.

That could be bad news for food produced using new genomic techniques 👇

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Giving novel food applicants advice before they file their submissions could help speed up the approval process, DG SANTE's Klaus Berend says at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit.

It could potentially be addressed as part of the Biotech Act, he adds.

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"I wish someone from the Council [was] on the panel," Pierre-Marie Aubert, director at the IDDRI, joked when asked who has the final say over the CAP.

"My sense is that member states still have the final say," he said at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit.

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"Business as usual was not an option," Elisabeth Werner, Director-General of DG AGRI, says in defense of the EU's CAP budget design.

But she repeats the line that the new structure amounts to "evolution not revolution" at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit.

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When it comes to simplification vs. sustainability,
@annastrolenberg.volteuropa.org argues the agri sector must strike a balance.

"I feel like we're breaching the line and focusing too much on simplification," she says at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit.

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Is the EU’s new Common Agricultural Policy steering the bloc towards a more sustainable food system?

Associate Professor Jeroen Candel’s response is unequivocal: “No, it's not.”

He explains why at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit 👇

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One of the biggest struggles for Europe’s young farmers is access to land ... for women, it’s even harder.

“Women often work on farms with their partners, but aren’t landowners,” @annastrolenberg.volteuropa.org points out at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit.

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Live: How can Europe secure its energy market? From how the bloc manages its green transition to whether industry can stay competitive, follow coverage from inside the room at our Sustainable Future Summit.

Can the EU revive the farming sector in a way that still takes the environment into account?

During the final session of our #POLITICOSustainableSummit, we’re talking food, farming and agriculture.

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Mandating the electrification of company fleets puts an excessive burden on businesses, Raluca Marian, director of the IRU, argues at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit 👇

“Our sector says a clear no to any form of mandate," she says.

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The new Common Agricultural Policy will direct the EU’s farming sector for the next seven years. 
 
But what does it mean for farmers on the ground? That’s what reporter Lucia Mackenzie will be digging into today at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit 👇  
 
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The solar energy sector already meets 13 percent of the continent's electricity demand, Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO at SolarPower Europe, says at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit.

But Europe’s electricity system is still too small and inflexible to handle it all.

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ChargeUp Europe's Sec Gen Lucie Mattera would welcome an ambitious proposal to electrify the European company car fleet.

At our #POLITICOSustainableSummit, she explains how that move could help boost the charging capacity in the bloc.

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The EPP wants flexibility in the 2035 sale ban on new cars with internal combustion engines.

“From our point of view, the decision to ban the combustion [engine] has been a mistake," MEP Jens Gieseke, said at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit 👇

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He said this at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit.

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Energy prices in Europe are "significantly higher" than in the US and China, Alexander Röder of Plastics Europe points out at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit.

"That, of course, impacts our competitiveness ... which means Europe is losing jobs," he says.

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At our #POLITICOSustainableSummit, Bulgarian MEP Tsvetelina Penkova points out that it's important the EU's Affordable Energy Action Plan becomes a lasting framework to tackle high energy prices ... rather than a one-off crisis response 👇

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Our call with Ukrainian MP Victoria Gryb dropped during our #POLITICOSustainableSummit because of a power outage in Ukraine.

Jaanus Uiga of Estonia's Ministry of Climate said it demonstrates the need to synchronize European and Ukrainian networks 👇

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At our #POLITICOSustainableSummit, EIES Exec Director Albéric Mongrenier said that Europe can now safely phase out Russian oil and gas.

But, he acknowledged that some countries are more exposed than others 👇

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How is innovation reshaping EU food systems? And what role should regulation play in enabling innovation?

Today, reporter Rebecca Holland will be speaking to experts to find out at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit 👇 

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POLITICO’s Sustainable Future Summit: Day 1 — as it happened Follow all the interviews and panels from our Sustainable Future Summit, with rolling commentary from our reporters on the ground.

👋 Good morning! It’s day 2 of our #POLITICOSustainableSummit.

This morning, our conversations will range from energy affordability to the EU’s controversial combustion car ban.

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Danish Energy Minister Lars Aagaard is confident the EU's Russian gas ban, once imposed, will be almost impossible to reverse.

For Moscow's gas exports, it’s "game over," he said.

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"If it was easy, [the EU] would say goodbye to Russian gas tomorrow," Danish Energy Minister @larsaagaard.bsky.social said at the #POLITICOSustainableSummit. "Some of the difficulty that different member states have is the timeline," he added.

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The long-delayed revision of the EU’s chemical safety regulation, REACH, "should be published during the first quarter of next year," DG GROW’s Hans Ingels told us at our #POLITICOSustainableSummit.

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A lot of EU ocean protection is "in name only" and member countries are "slow at implementing these directives," Esben Sverdrup-Jensen, president of the European Association of Fish Producers Organisations, told us.

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