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Friday, July 13, 2018
On July 12, the AREFLH (Assembly of European Regions of Fruits and Vegetables) organized a meeting of its College of Regions, which was also attended by representatives of the AerApo (Association of European Regions for products of origin), with the aim of defining a common position on the European Commission's legislative proposals on the future of post-2020 Pac and the multiannual financial framework (Qfp) for the period 2021/27
The two networks of regions expressed their growing concern for the Commission's cuts to the agricultural budget, in particular the second pillar. Choice that seems to be in total opposition to the objective of encouraging the development of sustainable, living and modern rural areas. This means that the future CAP should expand its reach and reach old and new goals with a significantly reduced budget. This is an unacceptable principle that risks jeopardizing the future of European agriculture, the common market organization and the rural areas. According to the two badociations, a strong, competitive and durable Pac with common and simple rules throughout the EU, can only be achieved thanks to an important agricultural budget . 19659003] In recent months Areflh and Arepo have strongly supported a future CAP that maintains a direct relationship with the rural territory thanks to the active role of the EU Regions, which play a crucial role in the definition and implementation of local agricultural and rural development policies. However, in its current form, the legislative proposal tends to marginalize or even endanger the role and autonomy of the European regions in the management of the CAP by giving them the simple task of implementing the measures laid down in National level. In this scenario, the European regions, which in many EU countries have important legislative functions in the agricultural sector, would therefore be called upon to play the marginal role of an "intermediary body".
Therefore, the application of this organizational regime to the Feasr would risk removing a wealth of management experience acquired over the years in many European regions, at a time when different companies are working towards the construction of "enhanced autonomy", generating the impossibility of delimiting the development of territorial systems and grasping local specificities. For this reason, the full application of the principle of subsidiarity proposed at EU level should not only apply at the level of the Member States, but also at the levels of government best placed to put in place. successfully implement the various Community policies. .
For these reasons, Areflh and Arepo join forces to reaffirm the need to safeguard the central role of the European regions in defining and implementing implement agricultural and rural development policies and strengthen their role in the EU decision-making processes.
The President of Areflh Councilor of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Simona Caselli and the President of Arepo Deputy Governor of Crete, Theano Vrentzou-Skordalaki welcomed the result of their collaboration, stressing that this joint initiative reinforces the voice of European regions and should be extended to other regional networks dealing with agriculture and development rural.
In addition, Councilor Caselli emphasized "the need not to reduce the CAP budget if we are to meet the challenges of the future through sustainable and quality agriculture that can guarantee food security for consumers and finally, Deputy Governor Vrentzou-Skordalaki said that "the future CAP should reaffirm and respect the principle of shared management of the European Structural Funds and the principle of subsidiarity. The objectives of the CAP can only be achieved through the regionalization of most of the CAP instruments, while respecting the division of competences within each Member State, particularly in terms of the legal competences of the regions of the EU. ; EU. in the implementation of the policy. "
Source: Press Office Areflh
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