{"id":118692,"date":"2025-09-10T15:16:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/?p=118692"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:16:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:16:35","slug":"eu-parliament-looks-set-to-weaken-rather-than-strengthen-future-eu-farm-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/eu-parliament-looks-set-to-weaken-rather-than-strengthen-future-eu-farm-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Parliament looks set to weaken rather than strengthen future EU farm policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels, 10 September 2025<\/span><\/b> \u2013 In a vote today, the European Parliament shared its vision for the future of EU agricultural policy – the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) – signalling a willingness to push for further deregulation and continue support for a deeply unfair payment system that does not contribute positively to improving farm resilience in the face of the triple climate, nature and pollution crisis. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While the report does not hold legislative weight, the European Environmental Bureau (the EEB) – the largest network of environmental NGOs in Europe \u2013 is concerned over the readiness of the Parliament to maintain an unfair system of subsidies centred around direct income support and to allow the continued erosion of environmental safeguards. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, while the Parliament fell short of asking for a significant budget to be ring-fenced for the climate and the environment, it did recognise the need for substantial funding dedicated to environmental incentive measures and the need for a level playing field regarding environmental conditionality. Two aspects that the European Commission CAP proposal fails to address. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Th\u00e9o Paquet, Senior Policy Officer for Agriculture at the EEB, said:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>As representatives of the people, the European Parliament should protect against the dangers of deregulation and a profoundly unfair payment system. By failing to call for a strong dedicated budget to support farmers in their transition to more sustainable and resilient systems, they have failed to protect our agri-food system from the very real threats posed by the nature, pollution, and climate crisis.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The EEB is most concerned about: <\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n