Greener and More Diversified: The Future of the EU Common Agricultural Policy
Greener and More Diversified: The Future of the EU Common Agricultural Policy

Author(s): Melchior Szczepanik
Subject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Agriculture, Governance, Economic policy, Environmental and Energy policy, Economic development
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: European Union; economic policy; common agricultural policy; flexibility in implementing the policy; environmental protection; climate issues;
Summary/Abstract: In the next multiannual EU budget, funds allocated to the common agricultural policy (CAP) will be reduced. In exchange, the European Commission (EC) offers the Member States greater flexibility in implementing the policy. This could lead to the CAP becoming better adapted to the variety of recipients’ needs but could also weaken its coherence. Funding cuts could endanger the more ambitious environmental and climate goals that the EC set for the CAP.

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