Reasons for petition

The European Commission must not risk food security and Europe's agricultural future over a budget decision.

Why this petition is important?

In a time of global uncertainty, climate challenges, and economic shifts, Europe’s ability to feed itself is a question of strategic autonomy. In other words our security starts with our food security!

Without a robust CAP, the European Union will lose its farmers


The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the foundation of our food security — supporting millions of farmers, preserving rural communities, and ensuring access to safe, sustainable, and affordable food across the continent.

Since its founding in the 1960s, this fundamental mission has perhaps never been as relevant as it is today.

The CAP is the most integrated policy of the European Union


The CAP represents a partnership between farmers, agri-cooperatives, and society, as well as between the European Union and its agricultural sector. It is a unified policy shared by all EU member states, administered and financed through the EU budget.

Losing more of the 'C' in the CAP would be the worst signal for farmers and for the European project.

The CAP is currently threatened by budgetary decisions


The proposal to centralise EU funding into a single fund by the European Commission risks dissolving the CAP into a broader framework with less focus, fewer guarantees, and no shared vision, increasing disparities between Member States and farmers.

This budgetary approach contradicts in practice the strategic importance the Commission emphasises in its speeches regarding agriculture and security.

The budget issue is not technical but a matter of political choice.

Without a clear and protected budget line to support the European agricultural framework, European agricultural policy could collapse like a house of cards with devastating consequences for European farmers, agri-cooperatives, and rural communities.

Strategic necessity

We are calling for a renewed commitment, starting with a dedicated and safeguarded budget line, and an inflation-adjusted CAP budget in the next EU budget (MFF). This is not just a technical demand — it is a strategic necessity.

No further renationalisation

We cannot accept the dissolution of the CAP into a single fund or any attempt at further renationalisation. Such moves would undermine the common goals and stability the CAP currently provides.

No rushed proposals

We cannot accept a rushed proposal for the next CAP presented in July alongside the post-2027 MFF, without clarity on available resources, governance, or proper consultation with the sector and our farmers on the ground.

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About the CAP and MFF

By signing this petition, you are sending the following messages to the European Commission:

1. A dedicated and increased budget for the CAP is the only way to support farmers and our food security ! The Common Agricultural Policy must retain its integrity with two Pillar structure and a clear, dedicated, and inflation-adjusted budget line in the next Multiannual Financial Framework. Dissolving it into a general fund risks putting at risk CAP funding against other policy priorities increase uncertainty and undermining the survival of Europe’s farmers, the EU’s food security and agricultural future.

2. Preserve the "C" from CAP: Reject the renationalisation of agricultural policy ! The "C" of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) must be preserved! Further renationalisation, would fragment the single market, deepen inequalities between Member States, and destabilise rural communities and farmers' incomes.

3. CAP works on two legs: Maintain the Two-Pillar CAP Architecture ! The CAP’s dual structure — combining direct support and rural development funding (EAGF and EAFRD) — must be upheld. Integrating the CAP with cohesion policy would damage long-term agricultural investments in our rural areas, as well as the uptake of innovation, generation renewal and environment sustainability.

4. No reform without clarity on the resources : EU should stop putting the cart before the horse ! Any reform of the CAP must come with adequate financial resources, genuine and timely consultation with farmers and agri-cooperatives. Rushed proposals without impact assessment risk lasting damage to the EU's farming model and community engagement.

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