SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

EU’s quick action averted a food crisis during Covid-19 pandemic, according to European Court of Auditors

Brussels, 21/04/2023 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission’s response to the threat posed by the Covid-19 pandemic to agricultural supply chains “was appropriate, but insufficiently targeted”, the European Court of Auditors said in a report published on Thursday 20 April.

With a budget of €712 million, crisis distillation was implemented quickly by reallocating unused funds from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

The main budgetary response to the pandemic came from national budgets....