Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors
12:10 pm
Mr. Janusz Wojciechowski:
I thank the committee for the invitation and the interesting, inspiring discussion. It was a very good example of how co-operation with national parliaments is important for our work. I have one final reflection. There is discussion in the European Union about the idea of renationalisation of the common agricultural policy. It is not our responsibility to present opinion about this but our report shows that we need a more flexible European agricultural policy because we have a different situation in different member states and the future Common Agricultural Policy should be better targeted for the specific situations in member states. I am sure that it is absolutely necessary. We should not just discuss this with the European Parliament; debate with national parliaments is also very important. I thank the Chairman and distinguished Members of Parliament for this invitation.