Set-aside: extension of exemptions called for

The crop rotation and set-aside obligations under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) should be suspended in 2024 and 2025 because of the Ukraine war – this is what the CDU/CSU members of the Bundestag and the European Parliament, as well as Christian Democrats from Austria and Italy, are demanding from the EU Commission. According to the CAP, four percent of arable land must actually lie fallow each year. Due to the Ukraine war and the shortage of food, the Commission suspended the set-aside obligation in 2023.