Government has to ask for a change to the European support mechanism for the agricultural sector in Portugal

Published 2022년 5월 2일

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The Confederation of Agriculturists of Portugal (CAP) is urging the Portuguese Government to propose an amendment to the European Commission's decision on funding transfer from the second to the first pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This amendment would increase aid for national producers and adjust disparities in aid payable to farmers across Europe. CAP believes that the current support mechanism harms Portugal, as it receives only 50% of its funding from the first pillar, compared to other EU countries' average of over 80%. The President of CAP, Eduardo Oliveira e Sousa, has written to the European Commissioner for Agriculture, requesting an increase in the transfer from 18% to 30% to level the playing field for Portuguese farmers.

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As part of the exceptional Community support measures for Agriculture, following the war in Ukraine, the Confederation of Agriculturists of Portugal (CAP) calls on the Portuguese Government to propose, to the European Commission, an amendment to its previous decision regarding the transfer of funds from the second to the first pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This change, which has no impact on the State Budget, will allow for a reinforcement of aid to be granted to national producers which, in the proposal presented last week by the Minister of Agriculture and Food to the sectoral confederations, leave Portuguese farmers in an unacceptable situation disadvantage to its European counterparts, thus aggravating the scenario of enormous difficulties in which the national agricultural sector already finds itself. The European Commission recently activated the crisis reserve mechanism with the aim of supporting the agricultural sectors most affected by the war in ...

Source: AgroNegocios