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Further reflections on CAP governance and budget

This post has been revised to take account of the important role that the proposed ‘flexibility amount’ will play in influencing the scope that Member States will have to top up their minimum CAP ring-fenced amounts when preparing the CAP chapter of their National Plans. Its significance is such that it changes the tenor and conclusions of the original post. I am particularly grateful to Elsa Régnier for drawing this issue to my attention. I made a further revision subsequently as detailed at the end of the post to compare the minimum ring-fenced amounts for CAP income support with the pre-allocated amounts to Member States in 2021-2027 rather than with a hypothetical extension of the 2027 amounts, and as well corrected the calculation of the flexibility amount.… Read the rest

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Which countries gain or lose from the National and Regional Partnership Fund?

This is a revised version of the original post, to take account of the very helpful comment below which pointed out an error in my original Table 1. This is the strength of blog posting and I am very happy to make the correction.

One of the ideas stressed in the Commission’s presentation of the CAP budget proposal in the next MFF is that the €296 billion ring-fenced for CAP income support and some fisheries expenditure is a minimum amount. Member States will be able to add to that from their overall ceilings in the National and Regional Partnership Fund (NRPF) when they design their National and Regional Partnership Plans.… Read the rest