The Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas is a policy signal for Member States that can be reflected in CAP Strategic Plan designs - particularly in the integration of agricultural policy with other funds for rural regions.  

This was a key message from Commissioner Wojciechowski following an informal meeting of the EU Agriculture Ministers in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia earlier this month. Commissioner emphasised the rural Europe’s potential for taking advantage of the synergy that is available from better complementarity of EU policies and funds saying, “we need to use all possible funds, from the cohesion funds, also from the recovery funds.”

Mr Wojciechowski stated that people in rural areas have the same rights of access to the same EU funds as people in urban areas and his speech to the Ministers’ meeting provided further information about the Vision 2040, Rural Action Plan, and Rural Pact.