The Minister of Agriculture, Maria do Céu Antunes, said this Saturday, in Brussels, that the negotiations with the European Commission on the national strategic plan, within the scope of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), are practically closed.
“Right now we are in a position to close our strategic plan and guarantee stability for our farmers, which is fundamental,” he said.
“There are still two open questions, but the commissioner [europeu da Agricultura] He promised to try to create the conditions with us so that Portugal’s strategic plan can really be in the first package of plans that is approved”, said the minister, who discussed the issue on Monday with the commissioner, on the sidelines of the Council of Ministers. of the European Union (EU) in Luxembourg.
The negotiations on the Portuguese strategic plan for the CAP “are going very well” with “a very intense technical work to be done”, said the minister, who was speaking on the sidelines of the 8th edition of the O Melhor de Portugal party, in Brussels.
Maria do Céu Antunes defended that Portugal has “a good strategic plan, which is ambitious” and requires, both from the Government and Farmers, “a great effort to face a new model”.
The minister also stressed that the new CAP model approved, in the Portuguese presidency of the Council of the EU, in June 2021, “was designed in a different context than the one we are experiencing today”.
The CAP Strategic Plans Regulation establishes that each Member State presents a single strategic plan that includes support measures to achieve the specific objectives of the EU January 1, 2023.
The ten goals include ensuring a fair income for farmers, supporting generational renewal, promoting dynamic rural areas and increasing competitiveness.
Support for agriculture will be reinforced with 51 million euros
Source: Observadora
