Farm Leaders from Across the EU to Attend CAP Rally in Dublin
The President of COPA and the President of COGECA will attend the CAP Rally organised by IFA in Dublin tomorrow.
Massimiliano Giansanti and Lennart Nilsson will address the Rally. Jan Doležal from the Czech Republic, who is a Vice-President of COPA, will also attend.
Farm leaders from France and Spain will be present at the CAP Rally in Dublin City centre venue (Clayton Hotel, Cardiff Lane, D2. D02 YT21) close to the Convention Centre. The event starts at 11am.
Tomorrow’s Rally is the latest phase of the campaign which has seen County Executives creating ‘NO CAP CUTS’ messaging around the country. This will include one ploughed into a 40-acre field beside Dublin Airport.
Our members in Donegal have produced a message as part of the campaign. See the video here. To see the other messages from around the country, check here.
During the rally, Copa and Cogeca will unveil their EU-wide campaign and announce the next steps in the European mobilisation to defend the CAP and its budget.
IFA President Francie Gorman said “The proposed 24% cuts to the EU CAP budget are savage. We want to drive home the message that this is totally unacceptable. Ultimately, the EU budget including the CAP is a matter for the EU Heads of State who are all in Dublin today and tomorrow.”
“I would encourage all farmers to visit the IFA CAP Hub (www.ifa.ie/cap), inform themselves of the scale of the proposed cuts, and engage with their local, national and European political representatives that it simply isn’t good enough. More CAP funding is needed.”
