MEPs back CEJA call for bank guarantee for young farmers

CEJA, the European Council of Young farmers, has strongly welcomed the written question on young farmers submitted to the European Commission by a number of prominent members of the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development.

MEPs Paolo de Castro, Albert Dess, Jens Rohde, James Nicholson, Janusz Wojciechowski, Matt Carthy, and Czeslaw Siekierski, chair of the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, all threw their weight behind the written submission on measures to support young farmers.

Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has been quizzed on the issue of lack of access to credit for young farmers, and particularly on details about the possibility for co-operation with the European Investment Bank.