SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

EMB argues for inclusion of crisis management mechanism in new CAP

Brussels, 31/08/2017 (Agence Europe)

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is in dire need of reform, for example, through the creation of a crisis management mechanism, the European Milk Board (EMB) argued on Thursday 31 August.

In the recent milk market crisis, the European Union put in place a voluntary scheme for reducing milk production (see EUROPE 11824). The EMB would like to see a crisis management mechanism incorporated in the new CAP. It repeats its idea of a market responsibility programme (MRP), which would ensure...