CAP reform after 2027: some thoughts on the European Commission's proposals 37 It should be noted that the amount of funds to be transferred in each Member State varies significantly, with the highest percentages outside the ring-fencing component being • higher for Denmark (89%), Ireland (81%), the Netherlands (81%) and Austria (76%); • lower in the case of Malta, Cyprus, the Czech Republic and Poland, with transfers of less than 20%. In the case of Portugal, the estimates in question indicate that it is possible that the nominal value of the CAP budget between 2028 and 2034 will not suffer any In the first case, everything indicates that the decision was to allocate approximately one-third of the total budget allocated to all EU Partnership Plans (€748.9 billion) to each of the three components in question: CAP ring-fencing (€293.7 billion), ring-fencing of less developed regions (€217.8 billion) and outside the two ring-fencing areas (€237.4 billion). With regard to the allocation among Member States of the CAP ring-fencing, this was obtained on the basis of the weight, in 2027, of each Member State's CAP expenditure, which in the case of Portugal represented around 2.5% (Annex VIII of the Single Fund Regulation3). It should also be noted that in the case of Portugal, the total amount allocated to the ring-fencing reduction compared to 2027, if the Portuguese Government decides to allocate to expenditure on agricultural interventions 30% of the amount initially allocated to the budgetary component over which it has autonomy, i.e. the component outside the CAP and Cohesion ringfencing. In the case of Portugal, estimates indicate that it will be possible that the nominal value of the CAP budget between 2028 and 2034 will not suffer any reduction compared to 2027, if the Portuguese Government decides to allocate to expenditure on agricultural interventions 30% of the amount initially allocated to the budgetary component over which it has autonomy,... for support to less developed regions results from the weight assigned to it (7.39%) in this component for the EU as a whole, the calculation of which is set out in Annex II to the Single Fund Regulation4. As a result, the €31.6 billion allocated to Portugal's Partnership Plan for the period 2028-2034 will be divided into €7.4 billion (23%) Another criticism levelled at the CAP budget proposals under discussion is that the funds allocated to the CAP ring-fencing are lower in Portugal (24% of the overall allocation) than the EU average (39%) and the other so-called Mediterranean Member States: Spain (47%), Italy (40%), Greece (34%) and France (62%). The explanation for these differences lies in the calculation methods used, both in establishing the total budgetary amounts allocated to the three components mentioned above for the EU as a whole and in the allocation among Member States of the CAP ringfencing. earmarked for the CAP ring-fencing component, €16.1 billion (51%) allocated to the ring-fencing component of support for less developed regions and €8.1 billion (26%) allocated to the component of the budget over which the government will have autonomy. Therefore, only after the Partnership Plans of the different Member States have been approved will it be possible to know exactly whether the nominal values of the CAP budget will be reduced, maintained or increased. In our case, it is important that, when drawing up the aforementioned Plan, we manage to add €2.4 billion to the €7.4 billion allocated to the CAP ring-fencing funds 3 Proposal for a Regulation establishing the European Fund for economic, territorial and social cohesion, agriculture and rural areas, fisheries and the maritime sector, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, COM(2025) 565 – Annexes https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/PT/TXT/?uri=celex:52025PC0565R(01) (p.36 of the Annexes) 4 Ibid., p.4 of the Annexes.
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