Governance: the reform process of the CAP post 2020 seen from an inter-institutional angle

The study commissioned by the European Parliament focussed on the inter-institutional dynamics (Council-European Parliament-Commission) of decision-making process of the CAP reform for the post-2020 period. • Within the negotiations of the post-2020 CAP the European Parliament was able to introduce into agreed upon legal package the social conditionality, the use of a minimum share of financial resources for eco schemes or the redistribution premium, which became obligatory for member states. • It was not possible for the European Parliament to re-discuss its positions on various CAP elements (e.g. capping, reallocation between pillars) in the trilogue, as these elements had already been fixed by the European Council in the Multiannual Financial Framework. • At the inter-institutional level, the COVID 19 restrictions significantly affected the CAP negotiations. • At the intra-institutional level, disputed competences and political differences between the AGRI and the ENVI Committee were evident throughout much of the CAP reform process.