Don't penalise farmers for lack of agreement on EU budget

“There is a moment to reform Europe's Common Agricultural Policy, but it’s not now”, said Alvaro Amaro MEP ahead of today's vote in the European Parliament's Agriculture Committee on the rules for the transition period to the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) supposed to start next year.

“We need the smoothest and shortest transition possible to ensure that the Regulation provides farmers with the legal certainty they need during the ongoing crisis”, Amaro underlined.

The law voted on will establish a legal framework from 2021 for one or two years until the new CAP enters fully into force.

“The EPP Group’s intention is to avoid a reform which would render the CAP more complex. We need rules for the transition, because farmers cannot be penalised for the political incapacity of Member States to conclude the next Multiannual Financial Framework, or to strike a deal regarding the future of agricultural policy", concluded Amaro.