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Own-initiative report First reading

Generational renewal in agriculture

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: In committee: AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) is preparing the report (draft published 11 May 2026).

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 30 April 2026
  2. 2 Committee work AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) preparing the report
  3. 3 Tabled for plenary
  4. 4 Plenary vote
  5. 5 Parliament’s position
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development
Rapporteur
Maria WALSH PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
André FRANQUEIRA RODRIGUES S&DMarie DAUCHY PfEVeronika VRECIONOVÁ ECRJérémy DECERLE RenewPär HOLMGREN Verts/ALEArash SAEIDI The Left

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Committee draft · latest Draft report (AGRI) 11 May 2026 ✦ This is a draft report by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development on generational renewal in agriculture. It warns that the proposed reduction of the 2028-2034 common agricultural policy (CAP) budget risks undermining generational renewal and calls for 10 % of that budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers.

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Committee stage
  2. 15 June 2026 Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)

    Members of AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (AGRI)📄 Amendments in committee (AGRI)
  3. 11 May 2026 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (AGRI)
  4. 30 April 2026 Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.