CAP Strategic Plans: More Money, Less Liability
EU Agriculture is in crisis mode. And so is the CAP. For two years in a row, the CAP crisis reserve has been spent to help farmers deal with the adverse consequences of the invasion of Ukraine and...
View Article“A Fairer CAP”, Really? | Analysing Fairwashing in CAP Talks and Practices
Now that the CAP Strategic Plans are approved and running, is the CAP really fairer? Read our report «“A Fairer CAP”, Really?». [...] The post “A Fairer CAP”, Really? | Analysing Fairwashing in CAP...
View ArticleUpland Farmers Face Harsh Realities in Post-Brexit England | Part 1
In July 2023, Marianne Landzettel travelled to Northumberland, England to meet and interview four farm families. The resulting story portrays the difficulties upland farmers face as they navigate...
View ArticleFrench CAP Strategic Plan : EU Sued over Approval of the Plan
Did the Commission breach its own laws by approving the French CAP Strategic Plan? According to Collectif Nourrir and ClientEarth, it did! After their internal request for an internal review of the...
View ArticleCAP Social Conditionality: A Game Changer for Farm Workers?
In a new CAP that largely maintains the status quo, social conditionality emerges as one of the few truly innovative elements. But is it going to be a real game-changer? This new legislative tool has...
View ArticleImpact of CAP Beyond the EU – A Closer Look on Soya Imports and Milk Product...
Are subsidies provided to farmers in the EU generating deforestation in Brazil? Or the decline of pastoral communities in Sahel? In this article, we shed light on the CAP’s implications beyond the EU,...
View ArticleA Sustainable Food System Law Paving the Way for an Ambitious CAP Reform
As has become very familiar in recent months, another opportunity to better integrate CAP and the pledges of the European Green Deal is being missed. Instead of watering down the ambition, this time...
View ArticleDialogue? Coming. A new CAP pillar? Maybe that too.
The European Commission has announced that it will officially launch its strategic dialogue on the future of agriculture – proposed as a way to bridge the divide in the agrifood sector – in January....
View ArticleStuck in Silos: Report on CAP Strategic Plans
The project CAP Strategic Plans co-organised by ARC2020 with the Good Food Good Farming network is now completing its fourth year since its launch in 2020. 2023 can be seen as the end of a policy...
View ArticleEU Digital Agriculture Needs Clear Socio-Ecological Directions
To set clear directions for responsible digitalisation in agriculture, the CAP and the Farm-to-Fork Strategy should integrate a new policy target aimed at substantially increasing the current low share...
View ArticleUnder Pressure Commission Grants CAP Derogation, Extends Ukraine Import...
The European Commission has once again granted a temporary exemption to environmental requirements in the EU farming subsidies programme for 2024 in efforts to appease EU farmers, despite acknowledging...
View ArticleWhat has Driven EU Farmers to the Brink and to the Streets?
If there’s one thing that’s clear from the past few weeks, it’s that many EU farmers are reaching breaking point. But what exactly has driven them to the brink and to the streets – and how has Brussels...
View ArticleSimply Slashing the CAP – Commission Proposes Rollback on Rules
Further exemptions to environmental measures, slashing on-farm checks and a get-out-of-jail free card for farmers that miss requirements due to exceptional circumstances. These these just some of the...
View ArticleThe Re-Opening of CAP’s Black Box Could Be Coming – And Soon
The core acts of the EU’s farming subsidy programme could soon be once again up for grabs, with ministers backing a re-opening of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in efforts to make it lean...
View ArticleDon’t Dismantle CAP’s Green Rules say 330 European Organisations
"The Commission is about to dismantle conditionality requirements that are based on unequivocal scientific evidence, and which it has explicitly acknowledged as being essential tools to address current...
View ArticleGreen CAP on the Chopping Block – Commission to Cut CAP’s Environmental...
The European Commission plans to shift the EU’s farming subsidy programme from mandatory requirements towards a more ‘voluntary’ approach, proposing to slash or weaken a range of environmental...
View ArticleEU CAPitulates on Green Farming Measures
The European Commission has officially put forward plans to slash environmental measures in the EU’s farming subsidy programme and offer up more power to member states in deciding the future course of...
View Article“We must deliver”– The Future of Agricultural Transition in Europe
Can the EU achieve the urgently needed re-construction of the CAP? ARC2020’s president Hannes Lorenzen, on the causes of European farmers' protests, the EU's panic deconstruction of farm policies, and...
View ArticleGoodbye Green and Fair, Hello Fortress Europe – Eco Ambitions dropped from EU...
It’s back to the future as the EU’s green ambitions face the chopping block, with priorities shifting to security and competition. That’s according to the European Council’s vision for the next 5...
View ArticleParliament Pushes Full Steam Ahead to Dismantle CAP’s Green Rules
The European Parliament has given its blessing to a fast-track approval process to push through a proposal aimed at simplifying the EU’s farming subsidy programme, which effectively guts the policy of...
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