EU Agriculture Manoeuvres between the Wartime Emergency and the Green Transition
EU Agriculture Manoeuvres between the Wartime Emergency and the Green Transition

Author(s): Melchior Szczepanik
Subject(s): Agriculture, Economic policy, Environmental and Energy policy, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: EU; economic policy; agriculture; Green; transition;
Summary/Abstract: Growing input costs constitute a serious problem for EU farmers. Although this year higher prices for agricultural products and state aid protected them against a drastic loss of income, in the long term, high prices of fertilisers, fuel, and energy related in part to the war in Ukraine threaten profitability and complicate planning. In the meantime, this summer’s drought demonstrated how destructive climate change is for agriculture. Faced with multiple challenges, Member States are prioritising financial support for farmers and maintaining the level of production in the EU. In the name of these objectives, they are ready to delay implementation of the green transition in agriculture.

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