The next EU agricultural council will focus on the CAP and tuna quotas

The upcoming Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries of the European Union (EU) meeting on October 21 and 22, in Luxembourg, will focus on key issues such as the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and tuna fishing quotas. Spanish Minister, Luis Planas, emphasized Spain's role in advocating for EU interests, particularly in conserving Atlantic tunas and upholding current bigeye tuna quotas. He also underscores Spain's stance against revisiting the bluefin tuna distribution key for TACs and quotas until 2025. Furthermore, the meeting will discuss the conclusion document on the CAP's future, which Spain has backed for its proposed simplifications and the need for a monitoring focus on achieving objectives and assessing interventions' real contribution. Planas is also pushing for enhanced tools to tackle the agricultural and livestock impacts of catastrophic climatic events and to improve trade policy coherence with sustainability and agricultural goals.

The debate on the conclusions document on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and tuna fishing quotas will be two of the main topics to be addressed at the next meeting of the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries of the European Union (EU). This was communicated by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, to the sector's advisers from the different autonomous communities, with whom he met by videoconference to prepare the European meeting, which will be held on October 21 and 22 in Luxembourg. Planas has conveyed to them that Spain will play an important role in defending the interests of the EU in view of the next Annual Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), which will be held in Cyprus in November, according to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA). The EU fisheries ministers will exchange views next week on the Community proposal for this meeting, ...