Brussels/Spelle, 11^th October 2021 – The European market for grassland equipment, which includes the product categories loaderwagons, mowers, rakes and tedders, showed a significant increase in sales units in the season July 2020-June 2021. After a rather mediocre market in the season 2019-2020, sales were at the level of 2018-2019. This volume was unexpected, but Austria, France, Germany, Poland and UK showed an average increase of more than 10 percent. 

Today, the European Parliament held a debate on the future of EU-US relations. For the S&Ds, the US remains the EU’s closest and most important strategic partner, and we are ready to work with the US for a strong new transatlantic alliance, particularly to promote policies and values dear to progressive forces. But at the same time, the S&Ds insisted in the debate that the EU should seek to redefine its relationship with the US on a more equal footing, standing up for its own values and interests, and reinforcing its autonomy.

Brussels, 13 September 2021 – Bioenergy Europe is pleased to announce the release of its 2021 Statistical Report Bioheat and its accompanying Policy Brief. This report analyses the current state of play of biomass in the heating sector.

The European Parliament has backed an S&D report on combatting harmful tax practices. Despite resistance from conservative and right-wing groups – the EPP, ECR and ID – the proposal to reform the Code of Conduct for business taxation was approved. The 1997 Code of Conduct is the EU’s main tool to combat harmful tax practices and has become seriously outdated in the context of growing digitisation and globalisation.