Lennart Nilsson elected as new President of European agri-cooperatives organisation
The European agri-cooperatives organisation (Cogeca), held an election in Brussels where Lennart Nilsson from the Swedish organisation LRF was appointed to lead the organisation representing over 22,000 farming cooperatives across the EU. He will replace the outgoing Spanish President, Ramon Armengol (Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias) after 4 years of presidency as of January.

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