MEPs ASK COMMISSION FOR YOUNG FARMER SUPPORT Date: 20.11.2014
CEJA has strongly welcomed the written question on young farmers submitted to the European Commission by a number of prominent members of the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development. MEPs Paolo de Castro, Albert Dess, Jens Rohde, James Nicholson, Matt Carthy, Janusz Wojciechowski and COMAGRI Chair Czeslaw Siekierski, all threw their weight behind the written submission on measures to support young farmers.
Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan, has been questioned on the issue of lack of access to credit for young farmers and particularly on details about the possibility for cooperation with the European Investment Bank (EIB). CEJA has being publicly calling for a closer cooperation with the EIB and the European Investment Fund (EIF) in order to create a European Bank Guarantee for young farmers.
CEJA has strongly welcomed the written question on young farmers submitted to the European Commission by a number of prominent members of the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development. MEPs Paolo de Castro, Albert Dess, Jens Rohde, James Nicholson, Matt Carthy, Janusz Wojciechowski and COMAGRI Chair Czeslaw Siekierski, all threw their weight behind the written submission on measures to support young farmers.