Source: European Parliament
Under the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) support through the CAP Strategic Plans is granted in response to needs identified for various sectors and areas including the wine sector.
Possible support schemes also include dedicated sectoral interventions for wine. In its Strategic Plan 2023-2027, Greece has chosen to implement five interventions: restructuring and reconversion of vineyards, investment, green harvesting, promotion carried out in third countries, and information actions. The total budget allocated is slightly over EUR 23 million per year.
In September 2024, a High-Level Group (HLG) on wine policy was established to explore possible solutions that could enhance the sector’s long-term competitiveness and sustainability.
The HLG endorsed a set of recommendations addressing the production potential, increasing resilience to market and climate challenges, and adapting to new market opportunities.
The most urgent and sector-specific recommendations will be implemented swiftly through a specific legislative proposal (‘wine package’) that will be adopted in the coming weeks.
The CAP Strategic Plans also include support to help generational renewal, including in the wine sector. Additionally, young winemakers are strongly encouraged to form producer organisations allowing them to strengthen their position in the supply chain.
Although Greece has never planned ‘firebreak vineyards’ in the CAP Strategic Plan, it could by amending the plan, for example, under the sectoral intervention ‘Investments’.