Businesses want action on competitiveness and climate change adaptation for a sector that expresses 3 million jobs. High Level Group on the European Wine Sector kicks off.
Work has begun on the High Level Group on the wine sector promoted by the European Commission.
Gathered in Brussels are representatives of EU member states and those of European trade associations, including the Comité Vins (CEEV) – of which Federvini is a member.
The High Level Group set up by outgoing Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski will be tasked with outlining the next European wine policy in view of the post-2027 CAP reform.
Albiera Antinori’s comment
“In a global framework of great uncertainty, we need structural and comprehensive European policies.” comments Albiera Antinori, president of Federvini’s Wine Group. “Each euro of value added generated by businesses in the wine supply chain creates 4.1 euros of wealth in the entire economy.
Each person employed in the same supply chain activates 5.8 jobs in the entire national economy.
We are a vital sector for many of the rural areas in which we work.
Numbers that testify to the centrality of our sector to the national and European economy.
This is why we are pleased that the European Commission wanted to initiate this working group in view of the upcoming reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.
A dynamic wine sector is the basis of widespread welfare for the rural regions of Europe, against depopulation of marginal areas and hydrogeological disruption.
President Draghi reminded us of this in his latest report: Europe needs to get back on track and, for this reason, we hope that the work initiated can provide an effective platform to support the competitiveness of wine businesses, from the vineyard to the bottle even to the sector of ‘ Ho.Re.Ca.
sviluppando regole, strumenti e risorse appropriati a supporto della crescita di lungo termine di un settore che per l’Europa esprime valori molto rilevanti sotto numerosi profili: economici, occupazionali e identitari “.
The High Level Group will continue its work until next December, with a view to finalizing recommendations to address the challenges of the wine sector.
These will be addressed early next year to the European Commission, ahead of the next reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Federvini Press Office
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