Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001315/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Mihai Tudose (S&D)
The discussions at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 24 March reflected Member States’ concerns over the Vision for Agriculture and Food, published by the European Commission on 19 February.
While I strongly support the idea of bureaucratic simplification promised by the Commission, I believe that this should not mean amalgamating completely different areas, and I am convinced, as Vice-President of the Committee on Security and Defence, that the increased funding needed to strengthen the EU’s defensive capacities must not come at the expense of food security and the sacrificing of EU citizens’ living standards, so would call on the Commission to answer the following questions:
- 1.Does the Commission plan to maintain, in the period after 2027, an independent budget for the common agricultural policy of an amount at least equal to that of the current multiannual financial framework, based on the two pillars of direct aids and rural development funding?
- 2.What is the Commission’s position on the requests made by representatives of Romania and other Member States to: a) include purchases of breeding animals among the expenditure eligible for EU funding; b) review the current rules so as to support the modernisation of fishing fleets?
Submitted: 31.3.2025