CEPM Newsletter 38 Editorial: Being a driving force for the future of agriculture Lobbying is the science of opposites… Anticipating, proposing, convincing and being credible are the foundations of the profession. But when necessary, we must also know how to oppose in order to make better proposals. The huge tractor demonstration sounded like a thunder in Brussels. Although… Read more » Download
CEPM Newsletter 37 Editorial: And now, what? For years, the European agriculture has been the victim of a planned process of destruction. This is a long-standing problem. It goes back to the first reform of the CAP in 1992 and the unfortunate Uruguay Round agreements, which led to a drastic drop in prices – partially compensated – and… Read more » Download
CEPM Newsletter 36 Editorial: impact assessments: no science without conscience… “Science without conscience is but the ruin of the soul” said Rabelais 5 centuries ago, meaning that science must be subject to morality and objectivity. An inobjective impact assessment is an unfair impact assessment, one that deliberately misleads, distorts the results and unbalances the reasoning. It can then… Read more » Download
CEPM Newsletter 35 Editorial: Yes to solidarity with Ukraine but also with our producers! If it is obvious that the day after the attack on Ukraine by Russia it was necessary to support the Ukrainian people, the war has consequences that did not stop at the borders of Ukraine. Indeed, in the spring of 2022, it was urgent… Read more » Download
CEPM Newsletter 33 Editorial: The new Civil Dialogue Groups Since the original CAP, the Directorate-General for Agriculture has been organising regular meetings with all stakeholders in the food chain. The ‘Agricultural Advisory Committees’ became ‘Civil Dialogue Groups’ in 2014. The concept is attractive: to bring together all stakeholders, from producers to consumers, around the same table. In 2013,… Read more » Download