Overview
- Regional officials and the main agrarian groups ASAJA, UPA and Cooperativas agreed to finalise a joint set of proposals to send to Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture in the first week of September.
- Participants backed strengthening the 'agricultor activo' rule so payments go to people who earn a significant share of their income from farming and carry out agricultural work directly.
- UPA pressed for stricter criteria including minimum income thresholds, a €60,000 cap on degressive per‑hectare payments with limited top‑ups for payroll, and exclusion of private investment funds from public aid.
- The regional government reported it has paid more than €666 million in PAC 2025 support and said an extra €10.7 million will be distributed to about 82,000 beneficiaries from September 4th.
- Separate farmer protests in Castilla y León on Thursday demanded an immediate €150 million emergency aid package for the cereal sector, highlighting acute losses and adding short‑term pressure to the PAC talks.