CEPM Newsletter 32 Editorial: National Strategic Plans, a democratic denial The Commission must be recognised as having a great talent for taking full advantage of the guerrilla war for power that the European institutions are waging. This is demonstrated every day with the delegated acts and, very recently, with the taxonomy, the latest avatar of Community policies. The… Read more » Download
CEPM Newsletter 31 Editorial: The Bermuda Triangle Everyone is familiar with the expression “Bermuda Triangle”, the vast geographical area in the Atlantic Ocean between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda where hundreds of ships and aircraft have disappeared without a trace over the centuries. European agriculture is also faced with a legislative triangle where it also risks being lost…. Read more » Download
CEPM Newsletter 28 Farm-to-Fork: Without an impact assessment, the celebration had to be postponed! Editorial: In the EU, an ambiguous border between the political and the technical One is reminded of Max Weber’s work on “the scientist and the politician”. The politician provides the overall vision, the ‘scientist’ (the experts) refines the technical details. With the generalisation of… Read more » Download
CEPM Newsletter 27 Rotation at the plot level, a cascade of negative effects The number of “false good ideas” in Brussels is definitely increasing. After “Taxonomy”, which stigmatises agriculture by describing it as unsustainable, the obligation of plot rotation in the CAP is another example of the disconnect between the Community’s circles and the agronomic and economic reality…. Read more » Download