Hi Manfred,
We need your voice now. The European Parliament is voting on the
Common Agriculture Policy tomorrow.
The European Parliament is discussing how EU agriculture subsidies
should be spent. A whopping 40% of the EU-budget is spent on agriculture. This is
roughly 114 euros per citizen. Â This huge agricultural budget is called the
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). It decides how sustainably your food is
produced, how fairly subsidies are distributed amongst farmers and how well
animals are treated.
The problem is that the current CAP doesn't deliver on any of this:
it gives subsidies to farmers based on
how much land they own with very limited
conditionality. Big farms and large landowners win out over smaller farms. It also fails to encourage
more sustainable environmentally friendly farming, disregarding climate change,
the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of soils.  But you
can change this by having a say on how money should be spent on CAP.
We clearly need a change and we need your voice. We made a citizen's platform along with the European
Greens to tell the European Parliament how YOU think CAP money should be spent.
Right now, CAP Reform discussions are taking place right without
your voice. With this platform, the European Greens want to include it. Tell
them how we Tilt members want to push for a fairer and more sustainable Europe
that works for everyone.
Take this unique opportunity now and let
us know what your priorities for the CAP Reform are.
Carrie, Fernando & Joline/
Tilt!
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