The week everyone missed: TB, CAP reform and Mercosur moves on

The EU-Mercosur agreement edged forward. MEPs approved enhanced safeguard mechanisms allowing tariff preferences on sensitive agricultural imports to be suspended if volumes rise 5% above a three-year average and prices fall 5% below EU equivalents.

The EU-Mercosur agreement edged forward. MEPs approved enhanced safeguard mechanisms allowing tariff preferences on sensitive agricultural imports to be suspended if volumes rise 5% above a three-year average and prices fall 5% below EU equivalents.

Every day that the Bord Bia row rumbles on, something else slips quietly down the agenda.

While there are key questions to be asked, it is worth asking what else is unfolding with far less scrutiny.