The new European Commission proposals on a Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) have dropped every reference to development obligations, NGOs point out. They will not stop the European Union from threatening food security in developing nations, they say.
CAP is a European Union system which mainly consists of agriculture subsidies and programmes. It currently represents 48 percent of the EU's budget, equalling about 55 billion euros.
The European Commission published its new CAP proposals last Thursday. "We have to make sure money is spent in a fair and more effective way," Roger Waite, spokesperson for the European Commission, tells IPS. "In the new proposals, we put the emphasis on sustainability, greening agriculture, and making sure agriculture helps the whole of society."
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