All Eu organisations representing the farming cooperative motion met these days in Brussels to elect a brand new presidency for 2024-2026. Cogeca contributors opted for revel in in electing Lennart Nilsson, a Swedish farmer, and member of the LRF board, who has been actively thinking about his cooperative (Lantmännen) at nationwide stage and in Copa and Cogeca’s operating events for a number of years.
After his election, Lennart Nilsson declared, “I am neatly acutely aware of the accountability I will need to shoulder within the months forward. The hindrances we’ve got needed to face lately had been a large number of, from the results of the COVID disaster, to the conflict in Ukraine, to galloping inflation. I wish to thank Ramon Armengol for the best way he has led our organisation via those tough instances. I intend to proceed his paintings, in particular involving younger farmers within the cooperative motion all around the EU.”
In a video message recorded after his election and broadcast on Copa-Cogeca’s platforms, Lennart Nilsson added, “We now have a large number of demanding situations for the longer term. We are hoping that we farmers and cooperatives may also be a part of the dialogue at EU stage regarding the answers. We now have a number of chances to give you the EU with just right, secure meals, but additionally power and biomass. Cooperatives will play a key position within the inexperienced transitions.”
Mr. Nilsson might be supported via the next six Vice-Presidents, who have been additionally elected these days: Agnieszka Maliszewska (Federacja Branżowych Związków Producentów Rolnych, Poland), Leonardo Pofferi (Alleanza delle Cooperative Italiane, Italy), Florentin Bercu (Alliance for Agriculture and Cooperation, Romania), Mickael Marcerou (L. a. Coopération Agricole, France), Christian Høegh-Andersen (Landbrug & Fødevarer, Denmark) and Idalino Leão (Confederacão Nacional das Cooperativas Agrícolas e do Crédito Agrícola de Portugal, Portugal).
November 30, 2023 – Cogeca