Member States to be given greater role in next Common Agricultural Policy

Everything you need to know about the Future of the CAP

Phil Hogan

Ciaran Moran

Allowing Member States greater responsibilities to choose how and where to invest their CAP funding in order to meet ambitious common goals on environment, climate change and sustainability is the flagship initiative.

These are the cornerstone ideas of the Communication adopted today by the European Commission on "The Future of Food and Farming", outlining the ways to ensure that the oldest EU common policy remains future-proof.