Legislative discussions around the new regulation on organic farming have been going on for almost two and a half years. A record in the history of the European Union. The 18th and very long trilogue of 28 June 2017 ended the negotiations between the European institutions, in a context of profound divergences of views between Member States on different aspects of the reform. On 17 July, the EU Council should have approved, by a definitive final vote, the bitterly negotiated text, but, once again, none of this happened. Despite the very clear progress carried by the text on many topics, the German federation BÖLW, led by Bioland and Naturland directors and opposed to any reform project since the very first days of the legislative process, has pressured the German government, leading the latter, in a delicate context of legislative elections, in an abstention position within the Council. As this abstention of Germany threatens the formation of a majority, the Presidency of the Council decided to postpone the vote to next 20 November. Given the current political context in Germany, it is very likely that Germany will confirm its abstention or even its opposition to the text. By doing so, the German federation, driven paradoxically by the Green party, puts the whole European organic sector in danger and at the same time sacrifices the European project. Indeed, the failure of a whole legislative project, laboriously constructed over so many years, provides fertile ground for the most virulent anti-Europe populisms.