The minister - in agreement with the majority of EU ministers of agriculture – stood up for a CAP budget which has to be kept at least on the current level. Inclusion of any new objectives in the CAP is only possible with the appropriate assignment of additional resources – highlighted the minister of agriculture, who explained that a clear, European-level indication shall be provided to farmers on the maintenance of the EU aid scheme.
Agricultural producers have to be assured that their work, their performance, their contribution to the common good and the high quality of food which they produce are still needed. It is of paramount importance that farmers continue to be the beneficiaries of CAP budget – said Sándor Fazekas.
Simplification of agricultural support schemes in the near future is a primary objective. This issue is on the agenda for decades at EU level, but it has never been achieved. The minister of agriculture stressed his conviction that we need to maintain a strong, two-pillar Common Agricultural Policy supported by adequate community financial resources which is not affected by the management of financial requirements of the migration crisis.
The concrete legislative proposals concerning the CAP are expected to be discussed no sooner than 2018, while the official negotiations on the EU budget after 2020 will officially begin in 2017.
