Minister for Agriculture Armands Krauze considers that the proposals on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) for 2028–2034, published by the European Commission (EC) on Wednesday, September 17th, are unacceptable, as they threaten not only the development of the agricultural and fisheries sectors, but even their resilience. The EC’s planned reduction in funding for agriculture in Latvia and other EU Member States for the period 2028–2034 is 23%, and for…
Minister for Agriculture Armands Krauze considers that the proposals on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) for 2028–2034, published by the European Commission (EC) on Wednesday, September 17th, are unacceptable, as they threaten not only the development of the agricultural and fisheries sectors, but even their resilience. The EC’s planned reduction in funding for agriculture in Latvia and other EU Member States for the period 2028–2034 is 23%, and for fisheries – 62%! Minister for Agriculture Armands Krauze: “The European Commission’s proposal is completely unacceptable, as it reduces support for agriculture by a quarter, and for fisheries by as much as two-thirds. This is a catastrophe! Moreover,…
