Source: European Parliament
In the Commission’s Vision for Agriculture and Food[1], published on 19 February 2025, the Commission commits to develop a comprehensive plan to address the EU’s heavy reliance on imported high-quality protein from a limited number of origins.
This initiative will be based on a holistic approach encompassing the agri-food system, considering both the way protein is produced and consumed.
Learning from on-the-ground efforts and research, it will present a way forward to ensure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability, profitability and attractiveness of the sector.
It will, in particular, focus on fostering domestic production to improve self-sufficiency to reduce the long-standing dependency on imported plant-based protein and on diversifying imports of plant-based protein to increase the EU’s food security.
- [1] https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/vision-agriculture-food_en#:~:text=Building%20on%20the%20report%20of%20the%20Strategic%20Dialogue,sustainability%20of%20the%20EU%E2%80%99s%20farming%20and%20food%20sector