National Coalitions Urge Commission to Assess CAP Plans with Ambition

As the CAP process moves into its next phase, national coalitions are mobilising to encourage the European Commission to do a robust, ambitious job in assessing Member States CAP Strategic Plans. Between now and the end of the year, most Member States and Regions will submit their proposals for how to spend their CAP money until 2027. The Commission has the power to accept, reject or suggest changes to the plans – so how will it do its job? 

As the CAP process moves into its next phase, national coalitions are mobilising to encourage the European Commission to do a robust job in assessing Member States CAP Strategic Plans. Between now and the end of the year, most Member States and Regions will submit their proposals for how to spend their CAP money until 2027.

To keep the pressure on the Commission French national coalition Pour Une Autre PAC have launched a resource website This is Not Our CAP where you can join in on the campaign to encourage the Commission to be robust, transparent and ambitious in its work of assessment. At the website, there are a number of tools and languages you can use and access easily to spread the message.

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This is Not Our CAP

As part of this week’s actions, a letter is being developed, addressed to a number of relevant Commissioners, to encourage the greenest, fairest interpretation of the CAP plans. We’ll keep you informed of progress.

This new campaign follows on from another letter sent in September – see below –  signed by national coalitions representing 400+ member organisations. The letter emphasised that The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Wojciechowski, promised ‘full transparency’ and ‘open dialogue beyond DG AGRI and agri-ministers’.

Civil Society Organisations Demand Open and Ambitious Approval of CAP Plans

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