Ecological and societal needs are undermined in the preparation of Finnish agricultural policy

 

 

 

 

The EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) is currently being prepared in negotiations between the Commission, the Council of Ministers and the Parliament and, through national strategic plans, by the Member States. The process is at a crucial phase: The Member States should present their final plans for open review in the summer of 2021. With implementation starting in 2023 the CAP will impact agriculture until 2030s.

Future decade of farming is shaped by decisions made now – but whose voices are being accounted for, who makes the decisions and who benefits from them? Lue loppuun