# COPA-COGECA

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{{Short description |European farmers lobby group }}
{{Infobox organization
| name              = COPA-COGECA
| full_name         = 
| native_name       = Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations in the Europe Union
| native_name_lang  = fr
| logo              = Coopa-cogeca logo.gif
| abbreviation      = COPA-COGECA
| formation         = {{start date and age|1962}}
| founders          = COPA and COGECA
| type              = [Lobby group](/source/Lobby_group)
| status            = [Umbrella organization](/source/Umbrella_organization)
| purpose           = Advocating for agricultural framers, trade unions and professional organizations
| location          = [Brussels](/source/Brussels), [Belgium](/source/Belgium)
| region_served     = [European Union](/source/European_Union)
| products          = 
| services          = Lobby on the [Common Agricultural Policy](/source/Common_Agricultural_Policy) for farmers and agricultural owners
| language          = French and English
| secretary_general = Elli Tsiforou
| num_staff         = 50
| num_staff_year    = 2025
| website           = {{URL|https://www.copa-cogeca.eu/ }}
}}

'''COPA-COGECA''' (In [French](/source/French_language): {{lang|fr|Comité des organisations professionnelles agricoles-Comité général de la coopération agricole de l'Union européenne}}, In [English](/source/English_language): Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations-General Confederation of [Agricultural Cooperatives](/source/Agricultural_cooperative)), is the union of the two big European [agricultural](/source/agroindustry) [umbrella organisation](/source/umbrella_organisation)s COPA and COGECA and the strongest [interest group](/source/interest_group) for European farmers.

Founded in 1962 and headquartered in [Brussels](/source/Brussels), its activity focus is on the [Common Agricultural Policy](/source/Common_Agricultural_Policy) and other policy areas relevant to farmers and agri-cooperatives, such as: [food safety](/source/food_safety), [animal health and welfare](/source/animal_health_and_welfare), [plant health](/source/plant_health), environment, research and innovation, trade etc..

The current President of COPA is [FNSEA](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_nationale_des_syndicats_d'exploitants_agricoles) President [Christiane Lambert](/source/Christiane_Lambert) from France (since 2020), the current president of COGECA is Lennart Nilsson from Sweden (since 2023).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bauernverband.de/vorstand|title=Präsident und Vorstand|website=bauernverband.de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/COPACOGECA/status/1730208144762999104 |title=Election Results 2023 Cogeca |website=twitter.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Copa Cogeca Website |url=https://copa-cogeca.eu/secretariat |website=copa-cogeca.eu}}</ref> The secretary general of COPA-COGECA is Elli Tsiforou.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-farm-agenda-agri-lobby-copa-cogeca-backlash/ |title='Really dangerous': Farmers hate results of von der Leyen's reform dialogue |date=October 15, 2024 |publisher=Politico }}</ref>

COPA-COGECA was a founding member of the EU lobby group European Livestock Voice. In 2023, an investigation by [Lighthouse Reports](/source/Lighthouse_Reports) in partnership with [The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) and [EU Scream](/source/EU_Scream) revealed that the livestock industry lobbied the [European Commission](/source/European_Commission) into delaying legislative proposals to protect [animal welfare](/source/animal_welfare) in the [European Union](/source/European_Union).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lai Win|first1=Thin|last2=Nelsen |first2=Arthur|last3=Kanter|first3=James|last4=Riva|first4=Paolo|last5=Sapoch |first5=Jack|last6=DeBre|first6=Elena|last7=Ramalho da Silva|first7=Beatriz|last8=Hekman|first8=Ludo|date=23 October 2023|title=Animal welfare wrecked |url=https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/animal-welfare-wrecked/ |work= Lighthouse Reports, RPI, The Guardian, EU Scream, Factanza |location= }}</ref>

==History==
On 6 September 1958, the first European representative organisation, COPA, was created.
On 24 September 1959, the agricultural cooperatives of the European Community created the European umbrella organisation, COGECA.
COPA's Secretariat was established in Brussels on 1 April 1959, merging with that of COGECA on 1 December 1962.<ref>{{cite web | title=Copa History | website=Copa Cogeca Website | url=https://copa-cogeca.eu/CopaHistory.aspx | ref={{sfnref | Copa Cogeca Website}} | access-date=2018-08-27}}</ref>

In 2019, COPA-COGECA opposed the [European Union–Mercosur Free Trade Agreement](/source/European_Union%E2%80%93Mercosur_Free_Trade_Agreement) with South America.<ref>{{cite web |title=Macron defends EU-Mercosur trade deal, as farmers protest |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/macron-defends-eu-mercosur-trade-deal-as-farmers-protest/ |website=euractiv.com |date=3 July 2019}}</ref> The COPA-COGECA said the impact of the [free trade](/source/free_trade) deal would be "devastating on the European farming family model".<ref>{{cite news |title=EU-Mercosur deal divides both sides of the Atlantic |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/eu-mercosur-deal-divides-both-sides-of-the-atlantic/ |work=euractiv.com |date=10 July 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|https://copa-cogeca.eu/}}
* [http://www.odis.be/lnk/en/OR_3800 Comité des Organisations Professionnelles Agricoles de la UE] in [https://www.odis.eu ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428134547/https://www.odis.eu/ |date=2016-04-28 }} 
* [http://www.odis.be/lnk/en/AE_926 Archives of Comité des Organisations Professionnelles Agricoles de la UE] in [https://www.odis.eu ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428134547/https://www.odis.eu/ |date=2016-04-28 }}

Category:Cross-European advocacy groups
Category:Agricultural organisations based in Belgium
Category:Lobbying in the European Union
Category:Lobbying organizations in Europe

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