EU Policy Topic · ATLAS

EU policy on farmer–buyer relations in the agri-food supply chain

Score 0–20 Statement openly promotes prioritising farmers. OR, statement uses emotional language or criticism to enhance the sense of urgency or threat to sway views in favour to farmers.
Score 21–40 Proposal subtly, discretely or indirectly favours prioritising farmers and does not use emotional language.
Score 41–60 Statements that are roughly neutral, whose bias on either side is roughly insignificant.
Score 61-80 Proposal subtly, discretely or indirectly favours prioritising retailers and does not use emotional language.
Score 81-100 Statement openly promotes prioritising retailers. OR, statement uses emotional language or criticism to enhance the sense of urgency or threat to sway views in favour of retailers.

How positions are measured

One poleStrengthen farmers' position in the supply chain: tougher rules against unfair trading practices, fair-price and contract protections, transparency and collective bargaining, to secure farm incomes against powerful buyers and retailers.

Other polePrioritise buyers' and processors' competitiveness and flexibility: avoid heavy intervention in commercial relations, keep contractual freedom and market efficiency, and limit rules that raise costs along the chain.

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