The EU agriculture ministers will be meeting informally in Warsaw from Sunday 15 to Tuesday 17 June to discuss topical issues such as the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and budgetary requirements for the period 2028-2034 under the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
These issues are of concern to ministers at a time when the European Commission is due to present its proposals in mid-July (see EUROPE 13648/1).
At their meeting on Tuesday, the ministers will debate generational renewal. A document prepared by the Polish Presidency of the Council contains a number of questions on the ways in which innovation can contribute to this renewal in agriculture, as well as on ways to encourage young people to stay or settle in rural areas and work in the agricultural sector.
In its ‘Vision for Agriculture’, the European Commission undertook to present a Generational Renewal Strategy.
On Monday 16 June, the Polish Presidency will be organising a visit for the ministers to the National Institute of Horticultural Research in Skierniewice, highlighting innovations in fruit production, particularly apples.
Unfair trade practices. Also on Monday 16 June, the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) will be discussing Member States’ experiences in combating unfair commercial practices in the food supply chain. The Council of the EU has already adopted its position on the proposal. The European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee plans to vote on this dossier on 15 July. The plenary vote is expected in September. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)