The new 2028-2034 European financial framework and the CAP reform proposed by the European Commission 27 In this context, it will be essential to review the Commission's proposal to ensure the attractiveness of these measures, both for farmers and for Member States in the allocation of their CAP funds. Degressivity and capping of CAP directaid: social policy or European sovereignty? The proposed CAP reform introduces new rules limiting the direct income support that farmers can receive. Decoupled direct aid would be degressive, reduced by 25% in the range of 20,000 to 50,000 A proposal that calls into question the democratic process – A firm and unprecedented position by the European Parliament Overall, this proposal for a single fund, the NRPP regulation, which aims to duplicate and undermine the CAP, raises more questions than it answers. It shows a cruel lack of vision and strategy for a European Union that wants to be stronger and more united, and masks the absence of a design for European agriculture, leaving the matter to be euros, 50% in the range of 50,000 to 75,000 euros, 75% in the €75,000 to 100,000 euros and capped at €100,000 per farm. This degressivity would affect all continental farms with more than 150 hectares, which already constitute, and will increasingly constitute in the future, the average European farms that must be strengthened and ensure the bulk of European production. Overall, this proposal for a singlefund , the NRPP regulation , which aims to duplicate and undermine the CAP, raises more questions than it answers. It shows a cruel lack of vision and strategy for a European Union that wants to be stronger and more united, and masks the absence of a design for European agriculture,... managed by each Member State in future bilateral negotiations with the European Commission, outside any process of democratic involvement and control. The vast majority of MEPs have spoken out in favour of a motion to a priori reject this draft NRPP regulation, which, in their view, cannot form the basis for constructive negotiations. To explain its proposal, the European Commission has released the figure that 80% of CAP direct aid goes to the largest 20% of farms. These 20% of farms include all farms in Europe with more than 20 hectares! This proposed measure seems to be more of a media stunt than an economic and social reflection on the evolution of European farm structures and the objective of strengthening the EU's agricultural sovereignty for the benefit of food, the development of a strong and independent bioeconomy, and the Union's capacity to ensure a presence in global markets. Without it, the EU would be playing into the hands of third countries that use food as a political weapon to assert hegemony and destabilise democracies. In letters sent to the President of the European Commission on 31 October, the five political groups EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew Europe and Greens demanded that the Commission present an amended version of these draft NRPP and CAP regulations, refusing to work on the basis of the current version. This a priori rejection is unique in the 63-year history of the CAP. Depending on the European Commission's response, it will be up to the colegislators to undertake the difficult but imperative task of (re)writing, to a greater or lesser extent, the project that the European Union wants for its agriculture. For its part, the Commission did not want to engage in a public debate on the subject, limiting itself to a few closed-door meetings, without even taking into account what was said there.
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