Tag: rural development

The EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) should be reformed in a way that unlocks the potential of rural areas to contribute to the bloc's economic growth strategy for 2020, European Commission officials told agriculture journalists last week.

Citizens made their contribution on the future of Europe’s rural areas through a panel, making concrete recommendations to EU policy-makers. However, it remains to be seen how they may be taken up by the institutions.

European citizens are in general satisfied with the EU's recent changes to its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), but have different priorities as regards its future development.

On 26 June 2003, EU farm ministers reached a final agreement on a mid-term reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Leading European farmers', business, consumer and environmental organisations have expressed deep disappointment with the compromise on the reform of the EU's farm policy.

Leading European farmers', business, consumer and environmental organisations have expressed deep disappointment with the compromise on the reform of the EU's farm policy, announced by the Commission and the Council on 26 June.

Negotiations on the reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) have been stalled by French President Jacques Chirac who rejected the Commission's proposals.

The EU farm ministers are expected to reach a deal on reforming the costly Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on 19 June, based on the last compromise offer by Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler.

The EU farm ministers are reconvening in Luxembourg on 17 June to make a second attempt at agreeing on a thorough reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has stated that France and Germany are largely in agreement on the future of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). There are fears that the Franco-German deal will derail plans for a radical reform of European farm policy.

Ahead of the crucial Council meeting on 11-12 June, Oxfam International, WWF and BEUC called for a green and fair reform of the EU common agricultural policy.

Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler said that the Commission and the Member States were broadly in agreement on the CAP reform ahead of the Farm Council on 11 June, where an agreement is due to be reached. The Commissioner told the European Parliament's plenary session on 3 June that the Commission would accept some of Parliament's proposed amendments.

The Agriculture Ministers of the 15 EU Member States will try to make progress towards a compromise on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) at the meeting on 26 and 27 May. The Greek Presidency of the Council, the Commission and most Member States would like the Council to reach an agreement on the CAP reform at its next meeting on 11 and 12 June.

France's Farm Minister Hervé Gaymard has refused to accept the end of the Greek Presidency in June as a deadline for finalising the agreement on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform.

The Council has set up a high-level working group to deal with the issues related to the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

The EU farm ministers will continue their debate on the various sectors of Common Agricultural Policy reform (CAP) on 8 April.

Two studies of the Commission's proposals for CAP reform, released on 25 March, confirm that the proposed reform would favour the extensification of production and increase farm income by 8.5 percent.

The EU's Agriculture Ministers had a first exchange of views on the new proposals for reform of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) during their Council meeting of 27 January 2003.

Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler will be presenting his newest proposals on reforming the EU's agriculture policy on 22 January.

A new study on Environmental Integration and the CAP, published by the Institute for European Environmental Policy in London, recommends a significant increase of the rural development funding.

An Agricultural Convention will take place at the European Parliament in Brussels on 6 June to find solutions to the problems of European agriculture and discuss the needed reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy.

The Spanish Presidency of the EU, the Commission, Denmark and some other Member States agreed at an informal Agriculture Council in Murcia that rural development will be fundamental to the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).