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Commission unveils major plan to simplify EU’s agricultural rulebook

In early 2025, the European Commission proposed a comprehensive package aimed at streamlining key regulations and cutting administrative complexities within the Common Agricultural Policy across the EU.
The proposal aims to ease regulations and cut bureaucracy but raises concerns because it permits reducing permanent grassland protections by 10%, which risks weakening vital environmental safeguards.
The changes include allowing Member States to define certain rules via national laws, easing compliance costs for farmers, and shifting CAP plan approvals to focus only on strategic amendments.
The European Environmental Bureau criticized the proposal for lacking adequate impact evaluations and warned it could undermine key environmental safeguards. Senior Policy Officer Théo Paquet emphasized that the European Commission has dismissed important nature and climate protections in the Common Agricultural Policy without proper assessment or consultation.
If adopted, the reforms could increase farm competitiveness and save €1.58 billion annually but may undermine climate goals and reduce policy coherence, thus challenging the CAP’s environmental legitimacy.

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