Didier Guillaume said on Friday morning on LCI that France had "obtained" a maintenance of the current European agricultural budget for the period 2021-2027, during the summit which is currently taking place in Brussels. But at the Ministry of Agriculture, we take precautions: "no final agreement" on the budget of the common agricultural policy "has not yet been reached" between the countries of the European Union, recognized the ministry, thus returning on comments previously made by the Minister.
"Not all countries agree"
While an extraordinary summit on the EU budget is still underway in Brussels, "the basis for negotiation (for France, editor's note) is indeed based on maintaining the CAP budget, but not all countries are No final agreement has yet been reached, "a spokesman for the minister told AFP.
The French Minister of Agriculture had said earlier on LCI that France had "obtained" a maintenance of the current CAP budget. "We won the first battle, the Commission had made an intolerable proposal" of "370 billion euros" while the EU expenditure on its agriculture is "375 billion" over the current period, "said Didier Guillaume before adding that "the President of the Republic has already obtained the 375 billion."
The agricultural component with the CAP represents the largest part of the budget of the European Union, currently under discussion at an extraordinary summit which opened on Thursday in Brussels and was due to resume on Friday after a night of negotiations. No agreement has been concluded so far between the leaders on the multiannual budget and therefore on the CAP. "Nothing is done, no amount has been recorded. The CAP has been attacked by several countries. This is our priority, so we are fighting," said a French diplomatic source.