EU farmers consider themselves in a vulnerable position in the agri-food supply chain. This message is expressed in the recent farmers’ protests, leading to calls for fairer remuneration by the market (prices) and fairer treatment by other actors of the food supply chain.
Over the past ten years, the European Union has implemented a number of measures aiming at ensuring a robust and equitable agri-food supply chain, such as the Unfair Trading Practices Directive, exemptions from competition rules, support to cooperation and contractualization via EU’s common market organizations.
The perception by farmers of these challenges became more acute in the last four years, marked by the compounding effects of successive crises, lastly with the impact of high inflation and energy prices. In parallel, national initiatives are mushrooming with similar objectives: is there a case for additional EU level action?

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