CMO/Veggie burger trilogue outcome: Quote from MEP Anna Strolenberg

Today, the final trilogue negotiations on the file on Common Organisation of the Markets (CMO) in agricultural products, which included the EPP attempt on a ban on meat-related terms such as "veggie burger", have just been concluded. Volt MEP Anna Strolenberg, Greens/EFA shadow rapporteur for the legislation, comments on the outcome:

"Fortunately, the conservative word police has failed to ban the ‘veggie burger.’ Unfortunately, a number of other words still end up on the blacklist. That’s a shame, Europe should be backing innovative entrepreneurs, not putting new obstacles in their way.

"At the same time, farmers are the ones who lose with this outcome. We should have spent this time strengthening their bargaining power and improving their contracts. Instead, far too little has been done."

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The banned terms include the words "steak“, "liver", "Leberwurst" (German), "foie“ (French) and more. The outcome of the trilogue negotiations must now be confirmed by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) before it will be voted on in a plenary session of the European Parliament.