# COPA COGECA

Would be both an environmental and economic aberration.

For Copa and Cogeca this move is of particular importance for the EU and US farming sectors, especially when our economies are starting to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19.

In Europe, pesticide use and risk has decreased sharply over the past 50 years.

Trilogue and point to the direct responsibility of the Agriculture Commissioner in this setback

This week the European agricultural news will be dominated by the CAP trialogue negotiations.

MEP Müller added, "Reducing input use and its negative effects on the environment while facing the challenges of climate change is a huge challenge for farmers. We need to create a framework that allows innovation to thrive to equip farmers with the necessary means."

What are the solutions that we could deploy soon that would allow us to respond to the challenges of sustainability, food security and competitiveness?

The European social partners in agriculture agree with Ms Nahles that social dialogue is an essential prerequisite for a balanced social market economy and for the functioning of the internal market.

"Forests are decreasing in Europe."

Organic farming has been constantly growing for the last decade (62% in ten years), from 8.5 million hectares in 2010 to 13.8 million hectares in 2019.

Copa and Cogeca take note that agriculture will not be part of the first set of economic activities that will be covered under the re-drafted Taxonomy delegated act .