Frustrated time and again, the Czech Farmers Association (Association of Private Farming of the Czech Republic – APF CR) has finally quit COPA.
In this op-ed, Jaroslav Šebek, Jan Štefl and Jan Staněk argue that COPA is failing to listen to its members. For them, COPA’s handling of the capping of direct payments was the last straw.
The European agricultural organization COPA could be expected to act at EU level in its key positions on the new draft of the Common Agricultural Policy towards greater support for family farms, which guarantee the continued viability and development of rural areas.