Bulgaria once again insists on an independent agricultural policy with a separate budget.

The Common Agricultural Policy must remain an independent, strong, and adequately financed policy to more successfully address the goals of digital and technological transformation in agriculture. Maintaining a separate, firmly fixed budget will provide predictability and security for farmers and will encourage them to remain in the sector. Achieving full external convergence of direct payments must be fairly valued and fully supplemented by the budget for income support interventions. This is stated in the position of our country, which will be presented on Thursday during the Council of Agriculture Ministers in Brussels. Focusing on supporting investment processes and enhancing knowledge and skills in the field of innovative technologies for small and medium-sized enterprises, whose financial liquidity is traditionally at risk, is also stated in the position approved at the last government meeting. Processing enterprises should continue to receive financial assistance for the ...