The future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy

Tabled by Raffaele Stancanelli, Jean-Paul Garraud, Mathilde Androuët, Jordan Bardella, Christophe Bay, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Marie Dauchy, Valérie Deloge, Mélanie Disdier, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Angéline Furet, Catherine Griset, France Jamet, Virginie Joron, Fabrice Leggeri, Julien Leonardelli, Thierry Mariani, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Gilles Pennelle, Pascale Piera, Pierre Pimpie, Julie Rechagneux, Julien Sanchez, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Rody Tolassy, Matthieu Valet, Alexandre Varaut, Séverine Werbrouck, Georg Mayer, Harald Vilimsky, Gerald Hauser, Elisabeth Dieringer, Rachel Blom, Ton Diepeveen, Marieke Ehlers, Sebastian Kruis, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Auke Zijlstra, Tiago Moreira de Sá, António Tânger Corrêa, Gerolf Annemans, Barbara Bonte, Tom Vandendriessche, Paolo Borchia, Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Aldo Patriciello, Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Isabella Tovaglieri, Nikola Bartůšek, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Jorge Martín Frías, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Hermann Tertsch, Vilis Krištopans, Filip Turek, Anders Vistisen, André Rougé, Viktória Ferenc, Annamária Vicsek, Pál Szekeres, Enikő Győri, András Gyürk, Kinga Gál, Tamás Deutsch, Roman Haider, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek, Klara Dostalova, Jaroslav Bžoch, Petra Steger, Afroditi Latinopoulou, András László, György Hölvényi, Csaba Dömötör, Ernő Schaller-Baross

Added: 3a. Expresses serious concern about the consequences that Ukraine’s accession to the EU would have for the CAP and the EU budget; underlines that Ukraine’s agricultural sector, characterised by extremely low production costs, large holdings and weaker environmental, social and animal welfare standards, would inevitably create unfair competition for EU farmers and jeopardise the viability of small and medium-sized farms; warns that the integration of Ukraine into the CAP framework would dilute direct payments, undermine the current system of area-based payments for existing beneficiaries and destabilise rural economies throughout the Union; stresses that the current EU budgetary framework is structurally incapable of absorbing such enlargement without either drastically reducing support to EU farmers or imposing financial burdens on the Member States; calls therefore on the Commission and the Council to suspend any negotiations on Ukraine’s integration into the EU;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE776.174v01-00