Minister Heydon: Statement from the 20 EU Agriculture Ministers underlines the importance of a dedicated and robust budget for the next CAP opens
- Published on: 4 June 2025
- Last updated on: 4 June 2025
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, today underlined the importance of an adequate and independent budget for the future of the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy).
Minister Heydon said:
“The joint statement by 20 EU Agriculture Ministers including myself underlines the fundamental importance of CAP as a common policy across the EU. I hope that the Commission’s proposals in July for the next EU Budget (MFF) will take account of the unique role CAP plays in supporting the economic, social and environmental sustainability of farming and our rural communities, promoting innovative and competitive food production, and assuring European food security.
“We are calling on the European Commission to ensure that the next CAP has a dedicated and robust budget, maintaining its current two-pillar structure.”
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Joint statement by 20 EU Ministers for Agriculture is attached.
Member States participating:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain.