Press Release: Conference on CAP post-2013 to build on success of public debate

Approximately 600 delegates from all over the EU came to Brussels on 19 and 20 July 2010 to discuss the future of the Common Agriculture policy after 2013.

The Conference sought to debate and draw some form of conclusions from the public debate on the post-2013 launched by the Commission in April, based on the four fundamental questions of: "Why do we need a CAP? What do citizens expect from agriculture? Why reform the CAP? What tools do we need for the CAP of tomorrow?"

The exchanges formed a useful platform for discussion before the Commission drafts its Communication on the future of the CAP, due for publication in November 2010.

ESO: Background information: Proposals for the CAP post-2013 http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-proposals-for-the-cap-post-2013/

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