1/5 Decarbonising agriculture is a legitimate societal expectation and a moral duty. However, the EC’s ideologically driven, fragmented approach falls short of the mark.
🧵See why below: https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/opinion/europes-agricultural-policies-must-be-reset/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CiolosDacian/status/1666778870035501062
2/5 In promoting climate and environment legislation that affects agriculture, the EC pushed for ideologically established targets w/o solid impact assessments.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CiolosDacian/status/1666778873063776256
3/5 This was done outside the #CAP, diminishing its political and financial relevance, which only increases suspicion from farmers across 🇪🇺. Populists and anti-European parties are extensively manipulating some of the Commission’s proposals.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CiolosDacian/status/1666778875471306756
5/5🇪🇺 agri-food sector will be stronger with 🇺🇦 in it - but we have to start reforming CAP now, otherwise anti-European and anti-Ukrainian sentiments will become stronger.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CiolosDacian/status/1666778879854358528
4/5 On 🇺🇦&🇲🇩: negotiations cannot be postponed - it would be unfair and unwise not to proceed with integration. But we also need to rethink the #CAP, as 🇺🇦 is a global agricultural powerhouse.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CiolosDacian/status/1666778877698490369