A senior Eurodiput has presented a new “important” position document that describes its vision for the future of European agriculture and the next common agricultural policy (CAP) after 2017.
The document, developed by Barry Cowen in its role as Renew Europe Shadow for the Parliament’s report on “The future of agriculture and the limit after 2027” is the most detailed articulation of the former Minister of Agriculture for EU agriculture.
Cowen confirmed that the document will now serve as a basis for its work in the next legislative negotiations, where it will represent Renew Europe in the configuration of the position of the committee and the final commitment text expected at the end of this year.
Central of the proposals of the MEP of Fianna Fail is the creation of an independent third environmental pillar within CAP. This new Pilar, backed by a larger limit budget, would be a significant reward and reward for farmers who adopt environmental schemes and sustainable innovations.
In the document, Cowen requires an important increase in CAP financing in the multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2028-2034, warning that the lack of adjustment for inflation could be more than half of the real value of the CAP in 2034, which represents a deficit of € 250 billion. The argument argues that, in a new era or security concerns admitted, food security must be recognized as a central pillar of Europe’s strategic defense, with agriculture by stirring a protected part of a broader security expense.
In rural development, Cowen proposes stronger financial tools and policies to address generational renewal, an “existential threat” for agriculture and rural communities. Its proposals include high income support for young farmers, improved access to land and finance and associations of public-private innovation to promote sustainability and technology adoption.
Cowen’s document also requires greater simplification through limit delivery, legislation reduced administrative burns and a change of the current payment model “Incomande Fonegone”. It emphasizes that excessive bureaucracy and lack of practical usability were the problem number one raised with it by farmers.
The document establishes recommendations to strengthen the position of farmers within the food supply chain and ensure that international trade agreements, such as the Mercosur trade agreement, do not support environmental, labor and food security standards of the EU.
The Eurodiput said that he will now use the position document such as the basic for negotiations in Parliament, with the objective of forming both the draft of the committee and the final plenary recommendations.
Cowen told this site:
“This position document reflects months of commitment to interested parties throughout Europe: farmers, young participants, producing organizations, innovatives, environmental experts and policy formulators. It is molded by their ideas and promoted by the belief that we can offer a limit after 2027 that strengthens rural life and rural life while facing environmental and food security challenges.
“As Renew of Europe, the rapporteur of the shadow, I will use this document and the 52 amendments that I already submitted to press for a position of the Parliament that is ambitious, balanced and rooted in the realities faced by farmers in the northwest of Midlands northwest, west, Ireland.”
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“The introduction of a third voluntary environmental pillar is about putting logic and confidence in the system again. It is an opportunity to support farmers doing more for sustainability, with personalized schemes that provide real rewards, not bureaucracy.
“Simplification is no longer optional. Farmers expect less bureaucracy and more clarity. Any political representative who campaigned last year knows that this was the primary message of the agricultural community. The following limit must allow to focus on what they do best.
“This document is a starting point, not an end point. In the coming months, I will fight to ensure that their priorities are reflected in the final recommendations of Parliament.”
