Our European Policies working group is one of the key spaces where we act to achieve food sovereignty. Due to the interrelated nature of public policies and our holistic vision, the topics covered by this working group are numerous and closely linked with many of our other working groups. Therefore, as well as calling for specific policy changes on the CAP, the Green Deal, F2F, food policy, and climate policies, the working group also plays an important role in ensuring the coherence of our advocacy work.
The importance of this coherence, along with the importance of a coherent transition for farmers, is often overlooked by other actors. The European Policies working group aims to remind the institutions of this, through for example, attending civil dialogue groups or other EU institutional advisory meetings, holding lobby meetings, speaking at events, and responding to calls for consultation, to bring about the adoption of sustainable practices which are viable for them and their territories.
Other working group activities include policy monitoring and analysis, strategic meetings, advocacy work, network and alliance building, as well as mobilisations and actions. The resulting information is then used to drive forward national-level struggles. This connection between the grassroots, the farmers themselves, and policy-making spaces is key to ensuring real, systemic, and efficient change is made.
Contact information
Coordinating committee members
Andoni Garcia Arriola
EUS, ES
Vitor Rodriguez
PT, ES, ENG
Morgan Ody
FR, EN, ES
climate@eurovia.org
cap-active@eurovia.org
food@eurovia.org
Emma Courtine
EN, ES, FR
ECVC Policy Officer
emma.courtine@eurovia.org
