How Europe Plans to Reduce Dependencies

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]We must reduce our dependence on imported fertilizers.

[00:00:05]We import 2/3 of our needs for urea, a commonly used fertilizer, and it makes us more vulnerable to global price volatility. The fertilizers action plan we present today is about securing Europe's food production, competitiveness, and its strategic autonomy by making it easier to develop and use European alternatives, in particular organic and bio-based fertilizers.