10
Jul
2025
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Post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (debate)
Madam President, Commissioner, the budget of the Common Agricultural Policy must remain separate, not diluted in other policies, let alone cut. To touch the CAP budget today is to weaken the backbone of the European Union. This policy is not about subsidies. It is about food, safety and the future of European villages. And today, these villages are slowly dying. 800 farms disappear every day, putting our food security at risk. Young farmers don't believe in us anymore. If we cut the budget, we will accelerate the abandonment of European agriculture, our villages becoming open-air museums, and we will import pesticide-filled food from third countries. I therefore ask you today, firmly, Commissioner, and unequivocally, that the CAP budget remain separate, with adequate and guaranteed funding post-2027. It is a red line, and whoever crosses this line assumes the beginning of the breakup of the European Union.