Europe approves allocations of € 500 million of Food for the Most Deprived programme for 2013

European Commission
Press release
Brussels, 11 October 2012

The allocation of EU funds for the 2013 Food for the Most Deprived programme was voted through the Single CMO Management Committee today. It is expected that more than 18 million people in 19 EU Member States will benefit from the € 500 million budget available for the most deprived. This will be the last year that the scheme will run in this form, funded from the CAP. New proposals for a broader, more flexible scheme, more closely linked to social cohesion policy, are due to be presented later this month under the responsibility of EU Social Affairs Commissioner Laszlo Andor.

"We can be proud of what this scheme has achieved over the years, but now is the time to think of how best to continue responding to the needs of the most deprived in future", EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Cioloș stated today.

"We believe this is an important policy for the EU, especially in this time of economic difficulty, and some 18 million people are expected to benefit from the scheme next year....

Source: Europe approves allocations of € 500 million of Food for the Most Deprived programme for 2013
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