Participants discussed and assessed the recent EU measures to address the crisis on the dairy, pig meat, fruit and vegetables market, and which steps to take next.
They moreover took a look ahead on a post-2020 European Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) that must take better account of global climate and food security challenges, be more effective in its greening measures, simplify rules and unburden small and medium-sized enterprises and farmers.
The meeting was attended by:
– Stéphane Le Foll, Minister of Agriculture, Agrifood and Forest, France
– Roderick Galdes, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights, Malta
– Martijn van Dam, Minister for Agriculture, Netherlands
– Luís Capoulas Santos, Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development, Portugal
– Tanja Strniša, State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Slovenia
– Sven-Erik Bucht, Minister for Rural Affairs, Sweden
– Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
– Eric Andrieu, Member of European Parliament
