Commitment to the EU Rural Pact – Asturian Ministry of Rural Environment and Agrarian Policy
Public authorities across Europe are increasingly demonstrating political leadership and long-term commitment to strengthening rural areas through the Rural Pact.
As part of this growing community, the Asturian Ministry of Rural Environment and Agrarian Policy has formalised its engagement by submitting a regional political commitment to the Pact. This commitment aligns Asturias (Spain) with the shared goals of the EU rural vision.
Committed action
In its signed commitment, the Asturian Ministry of Rural Environment and Agrarian Policy pledges to advance rural development through the following concrete line of action:
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Implementing the Asturian Rural Pact as the main strategic framework for rural policy until 2030. This Pact has been conceived as a coherent and transversal strategy aligned with the region’s key challenges, including, demography, climate change, territorial cohesion, the energy transition, food sovereignty and digitalisation.
The approach of the Asturian Rural Pact also responds to the principles of the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas, combining productive, territorial, demographic, environmental, and public service policies.
Read the formally signed commitment document.
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Commitment signing and acknowledgement
The commitment was officially signed by Mr Marcelino Marcos Líndez, Minister of Rural Environment and Agrarian Policy of Asturias, on 6 May 2026 on the premises of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development in Brussels, Belgium.
Public authorities’ commitments to the Rural Pact
Commitments by public authorities are voluntary actions intended to implement some of the elements identified as key to achieve the objectives of the Rural Pact at national and regional levels, such as strengthened governance, funding coordination, rural proofing and stakeholder engagement.
They help ensure that the ten shared goals of the EU rural vision guide policies across all levels of government.
All public authorities’ commitments to the Rural Pact Submission process for public authorities More Rural Pact actions in Spain