Future EU farm policy: MEPs set to reject budget cuts and renationalisation
Plans for the smarter, simpler, more sustainable, but also well-financed and truly common post-2020 EU farm policy will be debated on Monday and voted on Wednesday.
In the draft resolution, MEPs agree with the EU Commission that EU member states should be allowed to adapt the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to their needs. But they reject any “renationalisation” of the CAP, which they say, could distort competition in the single market.
The future policy should make EU farms more environmentally sustainable, foster innovation, research and smart farming practices, but above all, it must enable them to go on providing secure supplies of high-quality food to EU citizens, MEPs say. To this end, they want at least to maintain the CAP budget at its current level.
In a separate resolution, to be debated Monday and voted on Tuesday, MEPs will also assess the efficiency of current CAP tools for young farmers and call for action to ease young and new farmers’ access to credit, land, advisory services and training.
2017/2088(INI) - Young farmers
Debates:
Monday, 28 May
Votes:
Tuesday, 29 May (Young farmers)
Wednesday, 30 May (CAP reform)
Procedures: Non-legislative resolutions
Press conference: tbc
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