European Peace Facility (EPF) – The Next Stage of Europe’s Security Adaptation

The September 2026 update of the European Peace Facility (EPF), which supports defence and security in the EU and partner countries, reflects a broader transformation of Europe’s approach to security. The Facility is becoming...

UK Rejoin Requires a Bigger European Story

Rejoining the EU is formally back on the UK political map if not yet a government commitment. Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s speech offering the possibility responded to pressure within his party, but was partly...

The Injunction Divide: America Reconsiders, Europe Stays Undecided

Twenty years after the US Supreme Court’s decision in eBay v. MercExchange, L.L.C. reshaped the law of patent injunctions, Washington is beginning to reconsider the balance it struck. Congress has proposed restoring a rebuttable...

New study reveals hidden economic and environmental costs of soil compaction in Europe

A new open-access study co-authored by FARMWISE researcher Landon J. S. Halloran has used a continent-scale modelling framework to investigate how soil compaction could affect European agriculture and the wider environment under future climate...

Policy and practice watch:

Questions FARMWISE shares with the EU CAP Network Every so often a newsletter lands in the inbox that feels less like external news and more like a mirror held up to your own work....

From nitrate hotspots to hard choices: FARMWISE at EGU 2026

Some scientific problems are easier to find than to fix. Nitrate pollution in groundwater is one of them: diffuse, stubborn, and deeply bound up with the way food is grown across Europe. It can...