Interview with Emer Costello MEP on European Aid for the Most Deprived
Channel: IIEA
Date: 2013-06-26

It is estimated that some 43 million people in the EU cannot meet their basic food needs and 120 million are at risk of poverty and social exclusion. The European institutions are in the process of designing a new Fund for European Aid for the Most Deprived (FEAD) as a tool to address the most extreme poverty in the Union. 
Irish MEP, Emer Costello (Labour), is the European Parliament's rapporteur on the Fund. Her report, welcoming the creation of the fund but demanding a larger budget, was adopted by the Parliament on 12 June 2013 by 513 votes to 149 with 27 abstentions.
In this short video interview, Ms. Costello first presents the FEAD and explains how it differs from the mechanism it replaces. She then discusses the budgetary implications and maps out the positions of the different institutions and particular Member States. Finally, she explores how the Fund can help address the problem of food waste and promote healthy eating.