r-l: Esther de Lange MEP (EPP Group, the Netherlands), Albert Jan Maat, President of COPA-COGECA, European Farmers’ Federation and former Member of the EPP Group, Juan Salafranca (EPP Group Secretariat), Mairead McGuinness MEP (Ireland), Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, Gerda Verburg, Permament Representative of the Netherlands in the FAO, Chair of the Committee on World Food Security and former Dutch Minister for Agriculture, and Zofija Mazej Kukovič MEP, (EPP Group, Slovenia)
48 / A NNUA L AC T I VIT Y R E P ORT O F T H E E P P G RO U P / 2013