In a rare show of unity across political groups, the European Parliament has pushed back hard against the European Commission ...

On October 20-23, over 400 rural delegates from over 40 European countries gathered in Inverurie in the north-east of ...

All the places neglected by human beings”: this is the site of the Third Landscape (Tiers-Paysage) as defined by Gilles ...

The EU’s strategy for generational renewal, presented on Tuesday 21 October,  lays out ambitious plans to double the share of young farmers in Europe by 2040. Here’s what it promises, what’s missing, ...

Help Us Steer ARC2020 Toward a Stronger Future ARC2020 has been a vital force in championing sustainable, just, and resilient ...

While the co-legislators and the trilogue negotiations at EU level continue to derail the future CAP away from the necessary reforms, in December 2020, the European Commission issued EU-wide and 27 ...

Since the 2019 Communication on the European Green Deal, ARC2020’s CAP Strategic Plans project has provided consistent analysis on the CAP reform post-2022 and the design, negotiation and approval of ...

The EU powers-that-be are currently in the midst of big talks on the EU’s €1.2 billion budget, known in EU-speak as the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). And as usual, where there’s big bucks, ...

From left: Hannes Lorenzen (ARC2020); Ann-Marie Weber, Almut Busch and Merle Drusenbaum (kollektiv von MORGEN); and Marcus Nürnberger (AbL), pictured in a farmyard in southern Marburg-Biedenkopf in ...

The Rural Resilience project is a strategic initiative by ARC2020 to strengthen civil society’s role in shaping the future of rural Europe. At a time of democratic fragility, land inequality, and ...

A new idea is brewing in Germany, with the first seeds sown of a new alliance along the food value chain for cereals and legumes. ARC2020’s President Hannes Lorenzen reports on how farmers, bakers, ...

In bottom-up movements towards a more socio-ecological countryside, food is a key driver of territorial dynamics. This was a finding of our research on the ground in phase 1 of the Rural Resilience ...