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The New CAP is a Failure for Citizens, Farmers and Nature

26 November 2021 Yael Pantzer

The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) does not adequately address the urgent problems of climate change, the loss of biodiversity and the lack of fairness in the distribution of subsidies. Rather, it favors an industrial agricultural model that rewards hectares over sustainable practices: the larger the plot of land, the higher the reward. …

No Deal in Sight for a Green EU Farming Policy

2 June 2021 Yael Pantzer

From May 25 to 27, talks over the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) crumbled as Member States rejected the EU Parliament’s weak environmental plan as too green & those on labour rights as too strong, while the EU Commission pretended the new CAP was still in line with the EU Green Deal. Last …

Reality Check: Can the EU Meet Its Pesticide Reduction Targets?

10 August 2020 Indre Anskaityte, Madeleine Coste

Despite the European Union recently launching the new Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies with a set of ambitious pesticide reduction targets, a real prospect for change remains vague as, until now, the EU has been failing to meet its commitments in terms of pesticide use. A recent report by the European Court of Auditors …

Slow Food Europe supports the Appeal to the Commission over Misalignment of the CAP Reform and the Green Deal

10 July 2020

Slow Food Europe supports environmental lawyers at ClientEarth, who have warned the European Commission that its failure to align the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform proposal with new climate, environment, and biodiversity commitments under the European Green Deal may be illegal. ClientEarth says that the CAP reform proposal, with its current lack of binding targets “is …

Germany Pressured to Address the CAP Reform and Trade Agreements During its EU Council Presidency

1 July 2020

Shortly before the start of the German EU Council Presidency, numerous people and civil society have demonstrated in Berlin demanding the government to address the most pressing issues such as controversial trade agreements and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform. Today, Germany is taking over the rotating EU Council Presidency from Croatia, naming EU Green …

Civil Society Asks for the CAP that Protects Climate and Environment

2 June 2020

The negotiations of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are underway with the final vote expected to be held in Autumn. The new CAP will determine the EU’s agricultural policies for the upcoming seven years. With the new Commission aiming to build a sustainable future for Europe, the European Parliament is under pressure to reshape the …

European NGOs Demand the CAP that Supports Agroecology

26 May 2020

The negotiations of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are underway with the final vote expected to be held in Autumn. The new CAP will determine the EU’s agricultural policies for the upcoming seven years. Along with our allies, Slow Food wants to put pressure on Members of the European Parliament to reshape the EU’s agricultural policy for …

Amid the CAP Negotiations European NGOs Put Pressure on the EU Decision-Makers

19 May 2020

Despite the chaos caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the negotiations of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are ongoing. The final vote on the new CAP is expected to be held in Autumn, and it will determine the EU’s agricultural policies for the upcoming seven years. The uncertainty posed by the global pandemic has already affected …

Slow Food’s Position on the Common Agricultural Policy in Europe

28 April 2018

Slow Food’s recommendations are based on a survey involving 10,000 small-scale farmers and producers in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, and Sweden. Slow Food wants to have a say in the process leading up to the final proposal for Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): Today Slow Food has launched its concrete recommendations in …

Terra Madre Balkans goes to Brussels!

5 April 2018

The 5th edition of Terra Madre Balkans – bringing together food communities from Southeast Europe – will take place in the capital of the European Union from May 21 – 23, 2018. After four editions around the Balkan countries: Sofia (2010, 2012), Dubrovnik (2014) and Tirana (2016), the Terra Madre Balkans network has decided to …