Agricultural policy

The issue of external convergence of payments in the Common Agricultural Policy 2024-2034 is gradually returning to the forefront of the discussions of the agriculture ministers.

Among the Member States of the European Union there are differences in the level of payments, especially between the “old” and the “new” members of the “27”.

Greek authorities are currently investigating a large-scale fraud involving agricultural subsidies, where individuals falsely claimed over 45 million euros from European Union funds for non-existent or leased grazing lands.

One reason the negotiations over a European Union contribution to the new housing loan subsidy program are still going on is that the EU wants the houses that will be eligible for loan subsidies to be upgraded to become more energy efficient. 

As a rule, 38% of the funding provided by the Recovery and Resilience Fund should go to activities benefiting the environment. 

Beijing on Wednesday launched a probe into EU subsidies of some dairy products imported into China, the day after the bloc said it planned to impose five-year import duties of up to 36 percent on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).

The new regulation for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023-2027 has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, introducing changes to the standards for Good Agricultural and Environmental Practices, which took effect on Saturday.

Food sufficiency and the climate crisis are the issues that will concern governments and international organizations, Minister of Rural Development and Food Lefteris Avgenakis said on Friday speaking at the 10th GAIA Business Conference, held in Kalamata.

Τhe decisions of the EU member states regarding changes in the regulations of the Common Agriculture Policy are a good development, but not enough to alleviate the farmers' concerns of farmers, said Rural Development and Food Minister Lefteris Avgenakis in an interview with state broadcaster ERT.

Brussels' European District faced significant disruption on Tuesday morning as farmers from various agricultural organizations staged a protest against EU agricultural policy.

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis told Mega TV on Saturday that the measures designed to lower the price of infant formula will begin to be applied in March.

He also referred to the "Field to Shelf" measure and the previous measures for reducing food prices, saying the government was waiting to see their results.

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been the European Union's key mechanism for pumping funds into agricultural production and keeping it competitive since 1962.