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Its a tough but important week for many of us involved in #FutureofCAP (thread)....

Normally we work away in a micro world of myopic, complicated details, up against a massive well resourced lobby with privileged access.
How much access?
This much: @corporateeurope https://www.arc2020.eu/billions-for-cap-as-an-extinction-machine-farm-to-fork-derailed/

Billions for CAP as an "extinction machine'' - Farm to Fork Derailed | Agricultural and Rural...

Next week, likely on October 20, the European parliament will vote on a supposedly historical reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which accounts for over one third of the EU annual...

https://www.arc2020.eu/billions-for-cap-as-an-extinction-machine-farm-to-fork-derailed/

The same process is occurring -
Some ambition from the Commission
Lots of earnest words everywhere.
Then its watered down by Council (national ag ministers)
Then by the Parliament (MEPs).
Every time.
our @oliver_moore wrote this requiem in 2014 https://www.arc2020.eu/requiem-for-a-greening-dream/

Requiem for a Green Dream | Agricultural and Rural Convention

Oliver Moore takes a look back at the supposed greening of the CAP, through the rubric of Ecological Focus Areas.

https://www.arc2020.eu/requiem-for-a-greening-dream/

While this week has been in some ways worse - a comprehensive evisceration of real, needed and new climate & biodiversity considerations from #FutureofCAP
People have engaged!
We - the citizens of Europe - have stepped up!
We've seen the charade of spin for what it is!

Thanks to the great, detailed work of @HarrietBirdlife @CeliaNysss @jabierolas @JujuSGL @ContieroM and others in the parliament and eNGOs not on here like Trees Robijns...we got to know in detail what was wrong with these amendments https://www.arc2020.eu/parliament-plenary-heres-the-amendments-to-vote-for-and-against/

Parliament Plenary - Here's the Amendments to Vote for and Against | Agricultural and Rural...

This week is an important one in Europe, with both the Council of Ministers and the Parliament meeting on CAP. MEPs have a plenary vote upcoming later this week . This means the Parliament will...

https://www.arc2020.eu/parliament-plenary-heres-the-amendments-to-vote-for-and-against/

And people have engaged. All over Europe.
From @GretaThunberg to @DonalSheehan4
@ExtinctRebelsIE to @Fridays4future
This is kinda new
We've been mobilizing for a while...but
Huge numbers are getting into the details of it all now.

Despite the appalling behaviour of the big 3...
@EPPGroup @RenewEurope @TheProgressives

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