22/02/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 21 February, Germany finally submitted its national strategic plan for implementing the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to the European Commission. German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir announced on Monday, in the margins of the Agriculture Council, that he would share the country’s strategic plan with EU Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski. The document has been made public (https://aeur.eu/f/fu ). The German strategic plan includes about €30 billion in EU aid for the period 2023-2027, the document explains, adding that 300,000 farms are involved. The plan aims to have 30% of farmland cultivated organically by the end of the period. Most of the preparatory work had already been done by the outgoing minister, Julia Klöckner. The Commission must now comment within three months. The countries with submissions overdue are Belgium, Bulgaria and Romania (see EUROPE 12893/26). (LC)