European Commission announces communication on fertilisers

The European Commission will put forward a communication on fertilisers as part of efforts to tackle the disruption caused by the Ukraine war, but this still falls short of the EU-wide fertilisers strategy that stakeholders have been calling for.

Addressing a European Parliament plenary debate on Thursday (6 October), EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said the EU executive is “ready to put forward their communication on fertilisers” in light of the intense disruption faced by the sector since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.

“We need a clear vision [of] how to ensure in this crisis situation, the economic security for our farmers and, first of all, food security for our society,” he stressed.

However, the communication will not set up a European strategy for fertilisers and will include no new policy actions. Instead, any new actions would need to be adopted under a separate instrument, a Commission spokesperson explained to EURACTIV. (...)