Overview
The file concerns the European Parliament's own-initiative report (INI) on "How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases?" (Procedure 2025/2053(INI)). The current status is 'Awaiting committee decision', with the overall procedure ongoing. This analysis is based on the consolidated summary of proposed amendments to the draft report (AGRI-AM-775550_EN), the report overview, and data on key provisions, procedural narrative, institutional handling, stakeholder outreach, and media coverage.
Legislative timeline
The procedural timeline began with the referral to the responsible committee on 13 March 2025. The committee report was tabled on 12 June 2025, followed by the tabling of committee amendments on 14 July 2025. A recent event noted in the institutional calendar is a parliamentary entry dated 18 March 2026, related to the topic of the file.
Institutional handling
The lead committee in the European Parliament is the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI). On the Commission side, the responsible Directorate-General is DG Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI), under Commissioner Christophe Hansen. The relevant Council configuration is the Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH).
Stakeholder reactions
Stakeholder engagement has been significant, with 111 documented meetings involving 72 distinct organisations. These meetings involved 62 Members of the European Parliament, 40 Commissioners, and 9 European Commission staff. The most active organisations in these engagements were the UN World Food Programme, Alliance 2015, Forward Global, CIDSE, and Humundi. Available data on specific stakeholder positions indicates that on the topic of 'Environmental regulation of fisheries', the BLOOM Association expressed opposition, while the IUU Coalition (comprising the Environmental Justice Foundation, Oceana, and Pew Charitable Trusts) strongly opposed current measures, advocating for stricter regulation. On 'Climate efforts', NZO expressed opposition, favoring a faster transition. On 'EU policy towards plastics', UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe expressed support for policies favoring competitive recycled content.
Media coverage
One news article from Slovenia has been identified. It reports that Minister Mateja Čalušić announced a compulsory livestock vaccination programme, to be state-funded for vaccine procurement while farmers cover vaccination costs, with an implementation deadline of April 2026 and a coverage goal of 80%.