Slow Food Goes Brussels: How are EU elections affecting green ambitions in food policy?

What is going on with the Common Agricultural Policy in Europe? What is the simplification package and what were the hidden reasons behind it? Can we afford to put environmental protection measures aside in this moment of history?

This episode is part of the series Slow Food Goes Brussels, where we dissect the political debates linked to the greatest challenges food and agriculture are facing. In the previous episode of this series we explained why farmers were protesting in the beginning of the year. In today’s episode we look into what is the response of the EU Institutions to the latest farmers protests. This response is namely what the Commission is calling a "simplification" of the CAP, but what is in fact a reform: they are deciding to rollback on green conditions.

Host & Production: Valentina Gritti
Guests: Giulia Gouet (policy officer at Slow Food International), Gerardo Fortuna (senior reporter at Euronews) and Paul Behrens (Associate Professor of Environmental Change).

Links:
Endorsing the Slow Food Manifesto: https://feedthechange.slowfood.com/

Webinar: "Feed the Change: Why the EU Elections Matter for the Future of Food" | May 28th @1pm CET | Register to the webinar --> https://www.slowfood.com/events/feed-the-change-the-webinar/

 

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