Don't neglect importance of common market organisation changes

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.