Vision for Agriculture and Food

167th plenary session, 2-3 July 2025 DRAFT OPINION Vision for Agriculture and Food _____________ Rapporteur: Joke Schauvliege (BE/EPP) Member of the Provincial Executive of East Flanders _____________ NAT-VIII/006 Deadline for tabling amendments: 15:00 (Brussels time) on 17 June 2025. Amendments must be submitted using the online tool for tabling amendments (available through the Members’ Portal at https://memportal.cor.europa.eu/ Number of signatures required: 6 Rue Belliard/Belliardstraat 101 | 1040 Bruxelles/Brussel | BELGIQUE/BELGIË | Tel. +32 22822211 www.cor.europa.eu | @EU_CoR | /european.committee.of.the.regions | /european-committee-of-the-regions | @EU_regions_cities Reference document(s): COM(2025) 75 final Draft opinion of the Commission for Natural Resources on the Vision for Agriculture and Food I. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS (CoR) 1. calls for farmers and stockbreeders to be placed at the heart of current agricultural policies and for action to be taken to ensure that they are able to continue to operate, addressing challenges such as the lack of generational renewal and the average age of farmers; recognises the vital role that they play to our food security and sovereignty, our cohesion in rural areas, our cultural heritage, as well as to protecting the climate, environment, biodiversity, and our livelihoods; 2. welcomes the Vision of the European Commission,...