According to MV Agriculture Minister Till Backhaus, the eastern German states want to work more closely together to achieve their agricultural goals. "We will closely coordinate our communication with Brussels and Berlin in future," the SPD politician announced on the fringes of Green Week in Berlin following a meeting with his eastern German counterparts and the heads of the eastern German farmers' associations.
The states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia have therefore jointly drawn up a position paper on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the EU from 2028. According to Backhaus, it will be sent to Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen shortly. The paper has the approval of the eastern German farmers' associations.
