Withdrawal of the Commission proposal for the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy

The document argues that the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) proposal, as amended by the European Parliament and Council, undermines the European Green Deal, the Farm-to-Fork Strategy, and the Biodiversity Strategy. The signatories request the withdrawal of the proposal and the introduction of a new one that supports a transition away from industrial agriculture, noting that €387 billion of taxpayers' money is at risk of funding practices that drive rather than solve the climate and nature crisis.

• The signatories argue that the agreed positions on the CAP conflict with the European Green Deal, the Farm-to-Fork Strategy, and the Biodiversity Strategy by allowing 'billions of harmful subsidies' and eroding the 'do-no-harm' baseline of conditionality.
• The document claims the CAP proposal limits ambitions regarding public health, animal welfare, and the environment, effectively subsidising 'business as usual' practices and explicitly disconnecting from the goals of the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies.
• The authors highlight the financial scale of the issue, stating that €387 billion, representing one third of the total EU budget, is being spent in a way that drives the climate and nature crisis rather than solving it.

APA

ClientEarth (2020). Withdrawal of the Commission proposal for the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy. https://www.clientearth.org/media/5yroagzq/ngos-open-letter-to-the-european-commission-calling-for-a-withdrawal-of-the-post-2020-common-agricultural-policy.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Withdrawal of the Commission proposal for the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy. 2020. https://www.clientearth.org/media/5yroagzq/ngos-open-letter-to-the-european-commission-calling-for-a-withdrawal-of-the-post-2020-common-agricultural-policy.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2020withdrawal, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Withdrawal of the Commission proposal for the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2020}, month = oct, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/5yroagzq/ngos-open-letter-to-the-european-commission-calling-for-a-withdrawal-of-the-post-2020-common-agricultural-policy.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }