But currently the latter does not exist

European agricultural organisations (Copa and Cogeca the) are declared "extremely disappointed" by the compromise signed Thursday last by the Ministers of Agriculture of the twenty - seven on the CAP health check. "Nobody can be satisfied." "We do not see how these measures will secure the income of European farmers, especially in the current crisis", said Jean-Michel Lemetayer, President of Copa. For its part, Gert Van Dijk, Chairman of the Cogeca, saw changes that make the CAP "even more difficult to implement." French farm organizations were not less severe against "increased deregulation" of agriculture. The FNSEA violently against the decision to increase milk production by raising quotas while the market is already very depressed. Young farmers have regretted "the fatal process of dismantling of market management tools." As the Chambers of agriculture, they estimated that Member countries have decided to "methodically to unravel all the tools of regulation" and chose "securing" the agri-food industry over farmers. Michel Barnier, French Minister, defending of caving in to such logic. In the interview to the "Echos", he says to the contrary preserved "the stabilization of markets instruments" and same have established "of new tools for coverage of the climate and health risks". He was also convinced that a majority of countries want more long term maintenance of agricultural policy European "productive and environmentally responsible".

The agreement signed Thursday morning, which close the agriculture rules of the market, go against the grain of a return to the State in the economy

The. But we have several Ministers to oppose this approach. We fighting to preserve the Community framework, intervention and management tools.

You reached the result that you want to

Yes, the compromise is solid and balanced. European agriculture needs governance. One of the lessons that Governments derive from the global financial crisis, it requires greater transparency, supervision and regulation: it would be of a fundamentally remove there where they already exist! I would not say, therefore, that the compromise last week dedicated a turn towards liberalization.

You have maintained the quotas until 2015, but these regulatory tools are called to disappear.

Personally, I regret the abolition of quotas. But this decision is binding on us: it was taken by the European Ministers in June 2003 in a very large majority. In Europe a majority did so, a majority can chop. But, currently, the latter does not exist.

In the meantime, the market of milk is returned. My responsibility is not to wait until 2015 without accompaniment. With the support of the Germany, I got that the lifting of quotas being managed. There is therefore a close monitoring of the State of the dairy market and two appointments have taken in 2010 and 2012 to assess the impact of the increase in quotas. Finally, intervention tools of powder and butter and butter private storage markets have been fully maintained. We can finally help milk producers to this output quotas in sensitive areas. What counts is that we have a Toolbox.

How are you going to use this toolkit

First, we can review the allocation of support to better assist dies in danger as sheep ranching, livestock grass, mountain, organic milk and develop protein crops. This was to make the CAP fairer. Then we can finance on EU funds the development of crop insurance and the introduction of health funds to better protect agricultural businesses exposed to health and climate risks.

Is redistribution not less important than what you wanted

It is still high: 5 by 2013. Thus, we will reduce direct aid from the CAP representing EUR 9 billion, to dedicate it to the second pillar, to rural development by 1 per year. We can finance new challenges, such as biodiversity and reduction of energy dependence of farms. And then there is the redistribution that we will decide with the Toolbox which I spoke at the moment.

The aid of large farms will be reduced less than expected for the benefit of producers...

There is an additional capping of 4 of the aid greater than 300,000 euros. The Commission had proposed a more progressive system. But the Germany and the United Kingdom, who have very large grain farms, claimed that it is less important.

Do you think

The choice we made last week are valid, from my point of view, for the future. We begin a rebalancing towards a new sustainable agricultural model: economically productive and environmentally responsible agriculture.

Has the fact that prices have fallen since a year changed the stakes of the CAP in the medium term

All the experts say that the trend in grain prices will be higher than in the past few years because the offer is structurally less demand. There is therefore a sustainable perspective of high prices, even if this market is highly volatile and requires the maintenance of intervention tools. I change nor talk about the food crisis. Europe cannot simply deal with its only food destiny. It must participate in this global challenge. This is not to say that European agriculture must feed the world. But rather that other regions would benefit, like us, to organize and to pool their production and their risks.

Is the CAP threatened for after 2013

Periods of budget negotiations are favourable to the challenge to the CAP. Known arguments: first, it would absorb too much part of the European budget, 33 in 2013. But it is the only budget hosting at European level. If it mutualisait the national research budgets, would be 2 of European GDP, or four times the agricultural budget! He is also charged to mobilize money for 4 of the workforce, but we forget that these 4 feed the remaining 96 per cent and play a major role in the maintenance of the territories and biodiversity. And then, behind the CAP, there is a certain idea of Europe. Some will satisfy a vast free trade zone where there the fiscal and social competition. However the common policies are the cement of the European economy. And there the Council a majority of countries share this view.