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Apologies for a delay in our usual Friday newsletter – we took the decision to reflect on last week’s CAP negotiations before creating our podcast and newsletter. Hopefully we’re all more awake to enjoy it now!
This week: EURACTIV reflects on the final CAP down week, exploring why talks collapsed and negotiatiors did not manage to seal a deal, and we speak with
Nathalie Sauze-Vandevyver, director in DG Agri in charge of quality, research & innovation, on promotional policy
34 - Final CAP down - what went wrong?
The failure of negotiations on the reform of the EU’ Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) took no one by surprise. The decisive ‘Jumbo’ trilogue‘, aimed at reaching a ‘full package deal’ on the EU’s forthcoming farming subsidies programme, turned out to be a bust.