Representatives of the Young Farmers' Association (Asaja) of the Balearic Islands participated this Thursday in a demonstration in Brussels to protest the "cuts" planned for the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The demonstration was organized by agricultural organizations from the 27 member states of the European Union to demand "urgent" changes to the regulations and warn of the "serious consequences" of the budget reduction, according to Europa Press. As Asaja Baleares stated in a press release, the agricultural organizations warned that "without a strong, well-funded CAP adapted to the realities of the countryside, it will be very difficult to guarantee the economic viability of farms, generational renewal, and European food sovereignty." This is especially true in island territories like the Balearic Islands, where the situation could be "even more critical" due to the structural additional costs borne by the primary sector. The association lamented the "dismantling" of the CAP model built over more than 60 years and focused on the impact that the reduction in funds allocated to the sector would have.