Hungary EU presidency aims at producer-friendly EU farm policy, minister says

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Hungary’s EU presidency is focusing on how the European Union’s agricultural policy can be farmer-friendly and farmer-centred, Minister of Agriculture Istvan Nagy said ahead of an informal meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Budapest on Tuesday.

Nagy called for measures to ensure that EU agriculture is competitive, crisis-proof, sustainable and knowledge-based. He said the participants of Tuesday’s meeting have to find a solution to simplify the payments of the Common Agricultural Policy, address issues of the green transition and how to make EU agriculture more sustainable. Nagy also called for simplifying crisis management measures so that all member states can quickly and flexibly compensate farmers for damages caused by climate change.