NGOs request the withdrawal of the Commission’s proposal to revise the CAP and call for the maintenance of a democratic process in EU policy-making

The document is a joint letter from NGOs to President Ursula von der Leyen calling for the withdrawal of a proposal to amend two CAP regulations. The authors argue that the Commission bypassed democratic safeguards, failed to conduct a proper impact assessment, and ignored the EU Climate Law and Green Deal objectives. They claim the proposal's 'ad-hoc consultation process' was too narrow and that removing environmental conditions in the CAP will aggravate biodiversity loss and hinder the transition to sustainable farming.

• The NGOs argue that the European Commission's legislative proposal to amend CAP regulations was developed through a process that disregarded democratic principles, specifically lacking transparency, public participation, and evidence-based decision-making.
• The Commission is accused of conducting a selective and insufficient consultation process, consisting of a one-week 'ad-hoc consultation' with only four main EU-level farming organisations, while excluding other stakeholders and civil society.
• The authors claim the Commission failed to perform a required impact assessment or assess the proposal's consistency with the EU Climate Law's 2030 target and climate-neutrality objective, citing 'political urgency' as an insufficient justification.

APA

ClientEarth (2024). NGOs request the withdrawal of the Commission’s proposal to revise the CAP and call for the maintenance of a democratic process in EU policy-making. https://www.clientearth.org/media/bpghdlln/joint-letter-ngos-request-the-withdrawal-of-the-commission-s-proposal-to-revise-the-cap.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. NGOs request the withdrawal of the Commission’s proposal to revise the CAP and call for the maintenance of a democratic process in EU policy-making. 2024. https://www.clientearth.org/media/bpghdlln/joint-letter-ngos-request-the-withdrawal-of-the-commission-s-proposal-to-revise-the-cap.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2024ngos, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{NGOs request the withdrawal of the Commission’s proposal to revise the CAP and call for the maintenance of a democratic process in EU policy-making}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2024}, month = mar, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/bpghdlln/joint-letter-ngos-request-the-withdrawal-of-the-commission-s-proposal-to-revise-the-cap.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }