SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

Janusz Wojciechowski will propose an increase in CAP budget at mid-term review of Multiannual Financial Framework

Brussels, 10/01/2023 (Agence Europe)

EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski told MEPs on Monday 9 January that he would propose “an increase in the budget for the Common Agricultural Policy” during the mid-term review of the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027.

“We cannot ask farmers to do more with less, especially in the face of today’s unprecedented challenges,” the Commissioner justified during a debate before the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee on the effects of rising...