Texts adopted — Strasbourg plenary, 8 October 2025
Decision
The European Parliament adopted a series of texts at its Strasbourg sitting on Wednesday, 8 October 2025, listed under "Texts adopted" and including amendments to CAP regulations; a text on strengthening the position of farmers in the food supply chain; the EC‑Côte d’Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement protocol for 2025–2029; withdrawal from the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG); guidelines for Member States' employment policies; a draft amending budget; two mobilisations of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund; an EU political strategy on Latin America; and a measure on genetically modified maize DP51291.
What Changes
The adopted items amend CAP regulations addressing the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payments, interventions in certain sectors and rural development, annual performance reporting, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments and controls; they establish a fisheries protocol for 2025–2029; provide for the EU’s withdrawal from the IRSG; update employment policy guidance; adjust revenue and expenditure in a draft amending budget; and mobilise EGF support in two specified cases.
Who Is Affected
The measures affect farmers, Member States, fisheries partners with Côte d’Ivoire, participants in the IRSG arrangements, displaced workers referenced in the German and Belgian EGF applications and parties concerned by the authorisation of genetically modified maize DP51291.
Sources
Official Documents
- Wednesday, 8 October 2025 - Strasbourg The EP adopted texts including CAP amendments and the EU–Côte d’Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement Protocol for 2025–2029.
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