Another CAP asks to strengthen agricultural policy as a condition for the EU budget

The Coalition For Another CAP, which brings together 51 entities from different sectors, has called this Friday for a reinforcement of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as a condition for the approval of the future budget of the European Union (EU). The organization has shared the demands of the four main parties of the European Parliament, which have sent a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, demanding an increase in CAP funds and thereby conditioning their support for the multiannual financial framework 2028-2034. For Another CAP has requested that at least 50% of the funds of the agricultural policy be allocated to social and environmental objectives, putting people and the environment "at the center." "It is unacceptable to weaken support for farmers at a key moment for the ecological transition and food security," the organization has stated, in the face of a 20% cut in CAP funds planned by the Commission in its budgetary proposal. For ...