Great diplomatic victory for the government of Javier Milei: the European Union reverses course and opens the doors to biodiesel

In excellent news for the agricultural sector, the oil industry, and Argentine exports, the European Parliament rejected on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, the changes proposed by the European Commission that classified Argentine soy as a “high iLUC risk” crop (indirect land use change).

This measure, had it succeeded, would have excluded national soy biodiesel from the EU's renewable energy mandates, jeopardizing a business worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Chancellor Pablo Quirno summarized it clearly: “This is the result of the teamwork carried out by the Foreign Ministry, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, the private sector, and provincial governments”.

Thanks to solid technical reports demonstrating the sustainability of Argentine soy, the European Parliament aligned its recommendations with the position defended by our country. Now the European Commission must rewrite the regulation taking these guidelines into account.

A victory for serious and effective diplomacy

The sector highlighted the sustained work of recent months with MEPs, member states, and the Commission itself, which included technical documentation and high-level meetings.

The Argentine Rural Society also valued the outcome: “Silent, sustained, and tenacious work is the way to defend Argentine producers”.

The paradigm shift under Milei

This achievement is not coincidental. It reflects the approach of Javier Milei's government: firm defense of Argentine interests in the world, public-private articulation without ideologies, and diplomacy based on evidence and concrete results, not on empty speeches.

While work continues to ensure that the new wording of the regulation explicitly recognizes Argentine soy as a sustainable raw material (without risk of land use change), the message is clear: Argentina is prosperous and ready to compete and win in international markets.