IDM ¦ Column
Three questions to
Giuseppe Ambrosi, the new
president of the European
Dairy Association
The future of Europe’s agriculture is being decided under the current
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) negotiations. But what is the CAP
all about and why it matters to the EU dairy sector?
48 · May/June 2021 ¦ international-dairy.com
Giuseppe Ambrosi: The common Agricultural
Policy (CAP) of the European Union is one of the
pillars of the whole EU policy since 1962, representing
one third of the total EU budget for each
year and acting as the unifying policy between
agriculture and society, between farmers and EU citizens.
In July 2018 and elaborated by the -then- Commissioner for
Agriculture Phil Hogan, the European Commission proposed a
package of three regulations with the aim of reshaping and
modernising the CAP given the new context. Concretely, the
EU has become more open to global markets and has made
new commitments at international level, for example on
climate change mitigation.
Since November 2020, the European Parliament, the EU Council,
and the European Commission entered into the so-called
trilogue negotiations phase. Although discussions were
supposed to end last month, an agreement could not be reached
and negotiations are expected to finalize by the end of June.
For us in the dairy industry, the Common Market Organization
(CMO) is the most important part of the CAP. It is in principle
the basis for the support measures for agricultural markets.
Of course, the markets for dairy products are vibrant, but also
subject to international price volatility. The existing regulatory
framework with its market management tools, like the public
intervention of SMP, has proven its efficiency in the past and
also recently.
Giuseppe Ambrosi, the new president of the European Dairy
Association
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