On Monday 26 October 2026, Luxembourg's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Viticulture, Martine Hansen, participated in the meeting of the European Union's Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Viticulture, discussions focused mainly on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2027.

The ministers reached a partial general approach on the future CAP regulation. The compromise offers Member States greater flexibility to adapt support to the needs of their agriculture.

Minister Hansen emphasised: "This reform must be an evolution, not a revolution. Our farmers need stability and predictability. The compromise reached represents an important step."

The negotiations have brought considerable progress, and the agreement reached includes several important points for Luxembourg's agriculture, advocated by the Grand Duchy, namely:

  • Support must reach those for whom agricultural production is their main activity. The compromise on active farmer status allows Luxembourg to maintain the definition currently set out in its agricultural law, ensuring continuity in the targeting of support.
  • Generational renewal remains a major objective of the CAP 2027, with increased support for young farmers.
  • Occupational safety and workers' rights are clearly governed by labour law and should no longer be additionally covered by social conditionality in agricultural legislation.

The ministry noted that Minister Hansen had worked to find the best possible compromise, but the negotiations will now have to be finalised with the European Parliament as part of the trilogues.

However, the negotiated general approach remains only partial: financial issues, including the degressivity and capping of support, will be decided in the negotiations on the next Multiannual Financial Framework.

Minister Hansen also emphasised that, to ensure sufficient predictability for farmers for the 2027–2028 growing season, a transitional period will be necessary.

Minister Hansen informed her counterparts of the detection of Xylella fastidiosa in Luxembourg's Moselle vineyards and the measures undertaken: uprooting and destruction of the affected plants, enhanced surveillance and control of insect vectors. She highlighted the close cooperation with the German authorities, as part of their territory falls within the buffer zone.

The minister called for sufficient European funding to support surveillance, prevention and the fight against cross-border diseases that threaten European agriculture.

According to the ministry, this approach was supported by 20 EU Member States.