On Thursday 30 October, the Farm Europe think tank welcomed the European Parliament’s letter rejecting the current proposal to introduce national and regional partnership plans for the 2028-2034 period of the EU’s next multiannual financial framework (MFF) (see EUROPE 13742/1).
Farm Europe is encouraging the European Commission to propose a revised text to “enable constructive negotiations” between the EU institutions.
According to the think tank, this stance by the European Parliament’s political groups confirms the need for strong, clear European policies.
The current proposal risked leading to a re-nationalisation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and to “à la carte” approaches.
Farm Europe supports the reinstatement of CAP provisions within a dedicated legislative framework, as called for by European ministers (see EUROPE 13739/1). The think tank also calls for separate budgets for cohesion, agriculture, fisheries and social policies, and insists on the legally binding involvement of the European Parliament in decisions on the MFF. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)