Brussels is getting back to business. Changes in CAP subsidy plans have received considerable attention, but other important developments have been relatively neglected, reports Professor Alan Matthews: https://capreform.eu/amending-the-common-market-organisation-regulation/
Matthews explains that in part, this neglect is because the Commission’s amendments were rather narrowly focused on a selected number of issues: the school scheme, sectoral interventions, creation of a protein crop sector, hemp, new marketing standards, import safeguards, and crisis preparedness.
However, the rapporteur’s draft report and the range of
amendments tabled by MEPs turn the CMO legislation into a broader debate about
the future role of market intervention, strengthening farmers’ position in the
food supply chain, and livestock, meat and alternative proteins. In his post, t he CAP expert summarizes some of the key themes and positions that are up for discussion
next Thursday.
