COALITION OF EUROPEAN AGRIREGIONS: CUTS TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET UNACCEPTABLE
18 February, 2020 PRESS RELEASE Cuts to rural development budget unacceptable... Brussels, Belgium - The Rural Coalition and Coalition of European Agriregions deem the recently proposed cut to rural development funding to be unacceptable and call on the policy-makers to review this approach ahead of the summit on 20th February. Europe’s rural areas and rural communities face existential threats due to rural exodus and an increasing urban-rural divide and cutting this financial lifeline would make this situation even more dire. The two groups that gather organisations representing rural actors and regions in the EU highlighted this during the ‘Amplifying local voices: Addressing rural development in the CAP post 2020’ event at the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the EU. Hosted by MEPs Simone Schmiedtbauer (EPP, AT), Paolo De Castro (S&D, IT) and Jérémy Decerle (Renew Europe, FR), the event brought together representatives of rural local actors – farmers, forest owner...