🚨On December 18, 1⃣0⃣ 0⃣0⃣0⃣farmers are expected in Brussels to denounce the EU’s growing ‘smoke-and-mirrors’ approach to agriculture🚨 Since 2024, farmers have consistently warned the EU about CAP and budget reforms, excessive regulation that restricts agricultural initiative, and the drive to conclude unacceptable trade deals such as with Mercosur. Now, at the end of 2025, expectations remain unmet. The Commission’s determination to push ahead regardless would be a historic mistake for the European project, its farmers, and consumers alike. As such @COPACOGECA are calling for a pan-European day of protest, just hours before President von der Leyen departs for Brazil to sign the Mercosur deal and while EU heads of state and government meet for a key session of the European Council on the future EU budget. Around 4⃣0⃣forty farming organisations from across Europe have already confirmed their participation. We are expecting 10,000 farmers to deliver a strong and united message to the Commission. We can no longer settle for rhetoric. We need bold, clear and tangible solutions for our farms and agri-cooperatives, namely: 📢A strong, common and well-funded CAP post-2027 📢Fair and transparent trade rules that protect EU standards and the most sensitive sectors 📢Real simplification, better regulation and legal certainty 🔗Read full Statement ➡️copa-cogeca.eu/press-releases
