COPA-COGECA

COPA-COGECA (Comité des organisations professionnelles agricoles-Comité général de la coopération agricole de l'Union européenne / Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations-General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives), is the union of the two big agricultural umbrella organisations COPA and COGECA and the strongest interest group for European farmers. Founded in 1962 and headquartered in Brussels, its activity focus is on the Common Agricultural Policy.

Current president is DBV president[1] Joachim Rukwied from Germany (since 2017), secretary general is Pekka Pesonen from Finland (since 2012).[2][3][4]

History

On 6 September 1958, the first European representative organisation, COPA, was created. On 24 September 1959, the agricultural cooperatives of the European Community created the European umbrella organisation, COGECA. COPA’s Secretariat was established in Brussels on 1 April 1959, merging with that of COGECA on 1 December 1962.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Präsident und Vorstand". bauernverband.de.
  2. ↑ "Copa Cogeca Website". copa-cogeca.eu.
  3. ↑ "Copa Cogeca Website". copa-cogeca.eu.
  4. ↑ Pekka Pesonen
  5. ↑ "Copa History". Copa Cogeca Website. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
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