Mariano Rajoy receives European Commissioner, Phil Hogan, at Moncloa Palace

President's News - 2017.3.27

The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, met with the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan. The meeting was used to review the European Commission's plans for the future configuration of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) in relation to the next budgetary period of the European Union (period of the multi-year financial framework 2021-2027), which has become known as the "post-2020 CAP".

1. Images of the meeting between Mariano Rajoy and Phil Hogan at Moncloa PalacePool Moncloa/Jorge Villar2017.3.27

00:38 1. Images of the meeting between Mariano Rajoy and Phil Hogan at Moncloa Palace

Moncloa Palace, Madrid

This issue is another reason for the presence of Commissioner Hogan in Madrid, although, prior to the meeting he inaugurated, together with the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environmental Affairs, Isabel García Tejerina, the High-Level Conference entitled "Building the future CAP" being held on 27 and 28 March.

The High-Level Conference is part of the public consultation process opened by the European Commission on 2 February on the modernization and simplification of the CAP in light of the upcoming post-2020 budget horizon, and must be used to identify the position Spain will present in this consultation process.

To achieve that, the meeting with the President of the Government served to convey to Commissioner Hogan, the senior official in charge of the future configuration of the CAP, the importance Spain assigns to this policy in light of the upcoming 2021-2027 budget horizon.