SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries

MEPs criticise European Commission for not proposing a reform of CFP

Brussels, 01/03/2023 (Agence Europe)

A majority of the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries has criticised the European Commission for failing to propose a reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

The European Commission presented, on 21 February, two documents on the CFP, an action plan aiming to protect and restore marine ecosystems and a communication on the energy transition(see EUROPE B13126A1). 

“We have diametrically opposed views on the CFP reform”, said Gabriel Mato (EPP, Spanish), speaking on...