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CAP reform: CEMR calls on European Parliament to provide comprehensive response to rural challenges
Ahead of the 22 June plenary vote on the Albert Dess report relative to the common agricultural policy (CAP),* and thus to rural development policy, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) calls on members of the European Parliament to provide a comprehensive response to the challenges faced by rural areas.
Indeed, CEMR believes that the CAP and rural development policy can help tackle both current and future challenges, which include demographic change, climate change, globalisation and the need to secure EU food supply, all of which require both flexible action and a sustainable political framework.
Moreover, CEMR advocates against the report's ...
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