{"id":466614,"date":"2026-10-02T10:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/10\/02\/lennart-nilsson-confermato-alla-guida-di-cogeca-per-il-2027\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T11:38:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:38:37","slug":"lennart-nilsson-confirmed-as-president-of-cogeca-for-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/10\/02\/lennart-nilsson-confirmed-as-president-of-cogeca-for-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Lennart Nilsson confirmed as president of Cogeca for 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Brussels \u2013 The Praesidium of <a href=\"https:\/\/copa-cogeca.eu\/?lang=it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;Cogeca<\/a>, which met on 1 October, confirmed Lennart Nilsson, a farmer specialised in arable crops&nbsp;from the Swedish organisation LRF, as president of the organisation for the entire year of 2027. <strong>Cogeca represents over 22,000 agricultural co-operatives across the European Union<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nilsson will continue to be supported by the six vice-presidents currently in office: Agnieszka Maliszewska, <strong>Leonardo Pofferi<\/strong>, Florentin Bercu, Mickael Marcerou, Christian H\u00f8egh-Andersen, and Idalino Le\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to Cogeca, this decision to maintain continuity comes at a crucial time for European agriculture. 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