European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development

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The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development is a member of the European Commission. The post is currently held by Commissioner Dacian Cioloş. The post is in charge of rural issues including most notably the controversial Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which represents 44% of the EU budget.

Fischer Boel

In June 2006 Commissioner Fischer Boel set out a plan to tackle Europe's "Wine lakes" – the overproduction of wine due to EU policies and subsidies. Reducing production, in party by wiping out areas of vineyards and increasing quality to compete with New World wines should keep Europe as a major wine exporter and get rid of "crisis distillation" – turning excess wine into fuel and industrial alcohol.^[1]

In January 2007 she caused anger among a number of European farmers for stating that, after 2013, agricultural subsidies would face substantial cuts. She aims to have the agricultural policy included in the 2008–2009 budget review as requested by the United Kingdom.^[2] She has also been seeking to simplify the regulation of the CAP.^[3]

List of commissioners

	Name	Country	Period	Commission
1	Sicco Mansholt	Netherlands	1958–1972	Hallstein Commission, Rey Commission, Malfatti Commission
2	Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza	Italy	1972–1973	Mansholt Commission
3	Pierre Lardinois	Netherlands	1973–1981	Ortoli Commission
4	Finn Olav Gundelach	Denmark	1981–1985	Jenkins Commission, Thorn Commission
5	Frans Andriessen	Netherlands	1985–1989	Delors Commission I
6	Ray MacSharry	Ireland	1989–1992	Delors Commission II
7	René Steichen	Luxembourg	1992–1995	Delors Commission III
8	Franz Fischler	Austria	1995–2004	Santer Commission, Marín Commission, Prodi Commission
9	Sandra Kalniete	Latvia	2004	Prodi Commission
10	Mariann Fischer Boel	Denmark	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I
11	Dacian Cioloş	Romania	2010 onwards	Barroso Commission II

See also

• Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
• Common Agricultural Policy

• Single Payment Scheme
• Land Allocation Decision Support System
• AgriGrid
• Protected designation of origin
• Doha Development Round

References

1. ^ EU lays out plans to tackle wine crisis ft.com
2. ^ Paris fury at threat to farm cash ft.com
3. ^ Simplifying the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) ec.europa.eu

External links

• Commissioner's website
• Commission Agriculture website