Klaas Johan Osinga

Active in international & EU affairs, food policy, international trade and development

[Civil Society Organisations' Group of the EESC @CSOGroupEESC]

Today @EU_EESC Farmers Category raised key concerns on the future #CAP with Comm. @CHansenEU:

💰Insufficient CAP budget in next #MFF
🔹Preserve 2-pillar structure & common approach
🧑‍🌾Income stability at risk
🌱Generational renewal
📜High bureaucracy
🟢Costly green conditionality

[Klaas Johan Osinga @KJOsinga]

The @FAO warning today: the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is going to have an impact on food prices: first through energy and fertiliser, then seeds, then lower farm yields. And then it will reach consumers. https://t.co/4U2WQgd8Bi

[Financial Times @FT]

FT Exclusive: Germany and France have called for Ukraine to be granted 'symbolic' benefits in a pre-accession phase that excludes EU farming subsidies and voting rights. https://t.co/pLoQHYXPxX

[Frans Köster @franskoster070]

#EU-#Mercosur: Interim Agreement on Trade between EU and Mercosur countries will be provisionally applied as from 1 May 2026. Now confirmed by notice in the Official Journal of the EU this morning.

[Eddy Wax ✍️ @EddyWax]

The Orbán era is over. He has conceded defeat to Péter Magyar, a Fidesz insider who broke ranks two years ago. This is a political tsunami in landlocked Hungary. Read our report https://t.co/evNV2LqMfx

[Bloomberg @business]

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat to Peter Magyar in Sunday’s parliamentary election, according to the opposition leader https://t.co/mYz186Qb7A

[Dave Keating @DaveKeating]

Polls have closed and the results are being counted.

Early results suggest Orban has lost, and lost big. https://t.co/cDILQwcL0M

[Bloomberg @business]

Peter Magyar’s opposition Tisza party took an early lead against Viktor Orban, according to a partial count based on about 15% of votes counted

Follow the latest: https://t.co/Y9aqxB89c7

[Euractiv @Euractiv]

HUNGARY: defeat looms for Orbán – poll projection https://t.co/CZRHxsDXNY

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Breaking: U.S. oil prices fell 14% and stock futures surged after Trump announced a two-week cease-fire with Iran https://t.co/VlOvkPdmfL

[Reuters @Reuters]

BREAKING: Trump agrees to suspend 'bombing and attack of Iran' for two weeks https://t.co/T6pUI2VWe7

[Klaas Johan Osinga @KJOsinga]

Meeting our colleagues from the Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum (UNAF) at @TreeportZundert last Tuesday where we discussed innovation and European poultry standards. @ZLTO @VencomaticGroup @LTONederland @EUAgri #farmers

[La FNSEA @FNSEA]

Engrais : « Les engrais, c’est l’alimentation de nos plantes.

Et ce sujet pose, à nouveau, la question de la souveraineté du pays : est-ce qu’on est capable de produire plus d’engrais en France ? » —@rousseautrocy, Président de la FNSEA sur @franceinter

[Sjoerd Sjoerdsma @ministerBHOS]

With growing pressure on the global trading system, the WTO Ministerial Conference in Cameroon comes at an important moment.

Maintaining a strong and equal global trading system is of great importance to The Netherlands. 1/2

[Frans Köster @franskoster070]

WTO risks sliding into irrelevance, EU trade commissioner Sefcovic warns. “If there’s a group of countries with an ambition that is not comfortable for everyone, we think they should be able to go in the way that serves the global purpose” Šefčovič added.
https://t.co/hgZYN99a2f

[EU Mission to WTO @EUmissionWTO]

Today, ahead of #MC14, @EUAmbWTO stressed the need to incorporate the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFDA) into the WTO rulebook.
IFDA is collaborative: countries commit to improving investment conditions, partners provide support to deliver on these reforms.

[WFO President - Arnold Puech d’Alissac @WFOPresident]

Honoured to have the expertise of colleagues @BFjelltveit @HildegunnGjeng1 from @NorgesBondelag, Yves Ruel from @CFACFA, and @KJOsinga from @LTONederland, along with @worldfarmersorg SG @AndreaPorro79.

#FarmersInAction #WTOAg #WTOMC14

[Klaas Johan Osinga @KJOsinga]

At @wto Business Forum #MC14 conference in #Yaoundé #Cameroun, UK Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) @RhonddaBryant commented on the value of #trade: if I have eggs & you have flour, together we make pancakes #farmers @EESC_REX @worldfarmersorg @LTONederland

[Klaas Johan Osinga @KJOsinga]

At the @AgraEurope event "what comes after the next CAP proposals". With MEPs @norbertlins and Maria Noichl @EP_SingleMarket&D. With as main question: how is CAP money best spent helping #farmers to stay in business and secure food security in Europe. @EUAgri @EP_Agriculture

[Roberta Metsola @EP_President]

To our brave friends in Ukraine: for four years, your resilience and courage have inspired the world.

Tonight, as @Europarl_EN shines in your colours, let its light be a symbol of solidarity, hope, and our enduring bond.

You are not alone 🇪🇺🇺🇦