Following the lack of results of this week’s super trilogues on the EU farm policy reform, Peter JAHR (EPP, DE), rapporteur, Ulrike MÜLLER (Renew Europe, DE), rapporteur, Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), rapporteur and Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture, reacted about the non decision and hope that in the coming weeks they will be able to find a compromise. Negotiators have been struggling to agree on rules to support small farmers and make the agriculture sector greener. It has been nearly three years that the EU has been trying to reform its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which will make up roughly one-third of the EU's 2021-2027 budget. The EU plans to spend €387 billion on payments to farmers and support for rural development; The new rules are expected to kick in from 2023.

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MÜLLER, Ulrike (Renew, DE)

ANDRIEU, Eric (S&D, FR)

CAP reform (T)

LINS, Norbert (EPP, DE)

JAHR, Peter (EPP, DE)

WOJCIECHOWSKI, Janusz (ECR, PL, EC)

EU farm policy reform trilogues: statements by Peter JAHR (EPP, DE), rapporteur, Ulrike MÜLLER (Renew Europe, DE), rapporteur, Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), rapporteur and Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture

Title: EU farm policy reform trilogues: statements by Peter JAHR (EPP, DE), rapporteur, Ulrike M&#220;LLER (Renew Europe, DE), rapporteur, Eric ANDRIEU (S&amp;D, FR), rapporteur and Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture

SOUNDBITE (French), Eric ANDRIEU (S&amp;D, FR), MEP 7th - 9th parliamentary terms, What is missing I think is the method principle on the future of the common agricultural policy and I think the institutions are losing their very sense of purpose. We have in front of us the future of 12 million farmers on the European continent, that is the issue. And we must, as co-legislators, agree on the future of these 12 million farmers, and I hope that reason will prevail. I am very disappointed about the conclusion of our negotiations. I've been working on the file since 2018. So indeed, I had great hope that we would succeed this week. That's not the case. I can only regret it. But I hope that in the coming weeks we will be able to find a compromise, in any case before the end of June.

SOUNDBITE (English), Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture, I'm optimist that the differences are not fundamental. There are some political questions. First of all, the question of the financing for equal schemes for the second bailout expenditure, they are some more or less technical questions in the conditionality. There is an agreement about the social conditionality, which was a very politically sensitive question. I think that the next trialogue will be successful and we are not far from the compromise.

SOUNDBITE (English), Peter JAHR (EPP, DE), MEP 7 - 9th parliamentary term, For me, it's normal that we need a piece of more time, not more. And I think we will go on with the negotiations next week. And for me, my personal view and at least in 10 days or 14 days, we are finished that. Of course for me in the end, we have so many pieces of compromise on the table and maybe we lost a little bit of a few and now we have to check these very many small compromises together to a puzzle and build up the new reform.

SOUNDBITE (English), Ulrike M&#220;LLER (Renew, DE), MEP 8 - 9th parliamentary terms, I am a friendly woman and I'm always smiling, but I hope for the best. But yes, of course, we are really sad and disappointed about the situation. Now we have not an agreement and now it is like it is. We know we have the responsibility for the farmers to have a new cap, a cap for the future with really enviromental ambitious instruments and it was for me clear that it's not easy to find an agreement, but we try to fight for it. And our proposal was from my side oK, but I know we have another topic on the agenda from the council, so it's not easy to find an agreement.

SOUNDBITE (English), Ulrike M&#220;LLER (Renew, DE), MEP 8 - 9th parliamentary terms, For now, it is like it is. I think we have to look for the future. We have to go inside the Parliament, between the Constitution to discuss together to find an agreement the next few weeks. I'm sure it could be arranged that we have a recital at the end of June. So I think it's a learning process for all of us. We have made mistakes, but also maybe frontside presidency or commission and we are co-legislators. So we have to react and we have to take the responsibility for us and to create now together compromises.