Copa and Cogeca: EC to remain with CAP's two pillars and not provoke farmers

Today, the largest agricultural organization Copa and Cogeca published a letter on its website that it sent to the European Parliament (EP) these days. The organization returns to the multiannual financial framework presented on July 16 for 2028-2034, in which the Commission has crossed "too many red lines" with its proposal for agricultural funding, the letter says. "The Brussels project for agricultural funding threatens the food security of 450 million Europeans, which means it threatens the security of the EU." The response of President Ursula von der Leyen of November 9 to the European Parliament and the Danish representation following the dissatisfaction of the farmers, offers cosmetic changes to the initial version and "seems not to realize the true scale of the problem," Copa and Cogeca point out. Analyzing the new concept of the EC, the organization debunks the myth that its implementation will improve the skewed project: European agricultural organizations call for an ...