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Rural areas in the post-2027 EU policy framework: Policy Lab highlights report now available
The highlights report from the Policy Lab ‘Rural areas and communities in the post-2027 EU budget and policies’ is now published. It offers a comprehensive overview of the discussions held on 5 November 2025 and a roadmap for rural stakeholders navigating the next EU budget cycle.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Commission launches new Bioeconomy Strategy to drive green growth, competitiveness and resilience across Europe
On 27 November 2025, the European Commission adopted a new Bioeconomy Strategy setting out a plan to transition Europe toward a circular, nature-based economy. The Strategy opens new opportunities for jobs, innovation and sustainable development in rural territories.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Building inclusive rural futures: community action and social economy in focus
A recent policy workshop, co-organised by the EU research projects ESIRA and SERIGO, suggests that rural policy should shift from fragmented interventions to a holistic, place-based and inclusive approach that builds on local networks, social economy and community-driven innovation.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
ELARD launches letter campaign to safeguard LEADER/CLLD in post-2027 EU budget
The European LEADER Association for Rural Development (ELARD) launched on 17 November a letter campaign urging Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and Committee of the Regions (CoR) to reinforce the LEADER/CLLD method within the next EU budget cycle. Stakeholders are encouraged to engage with local MEPs and CoR representatives to ensure that LEADER/CLLD remain protected and properly funded.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
New Good Practices showcase rural youth opportunities, services, entrepreneurship and policy innovation
Discover ten new inspiring initiatives, ranging from exchange semesters in Austrian and German rural areas to a regional housing strategy in Spain – all available in the Rural Pact Good Practice database.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
New EU rules on craft and industrial geographical indications open doors for local producers
From 1 December 2025, producers of craft and industrial goods – from glassmakers and ceramic potters to jewellers, textile artisans and metalworkers – can apply for EU-wide protection under a newly launched Geographical Indication scheme.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
European Commission’s culture compass – opportunities for rural territories
The European Commission has adopted the ‘Culture Compass for Europe’, a forward-looking framework designed to shape EU cultural policy. For rural areas, this new framework brings opportunities – culture is seen as a strategic driver for social cohesion, local identity, economic resilience, innovation, and territorial development.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Read the new edition of the Rural Vision Magazine!
Hear a range of rural stakeholder voices on the latest developments around the EU rural vision and Pact in 2025 in this third edition of the Rural Vision Magazine.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Four European public authorities formalise commitments to advancing the EU rural vision through the Rural Pact
The Czech Ministry of Regional Development, Opolskie Voivodeship (Poland), and regional governments of Castilla-La Mancha and Catalonia (Spain) have formally submitted political commitments under the EU Rural Pact. This reinforced support for rural development marks a new step in advancing the EU rural vision.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Committee of the Regions calls for revisions to Commission’s post-2027 budget proposal
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) cautions that the current proposal for the post-2027 EU budget could lead to further centralisation in the hands of the Commission and nationalisation of cohesion, fisheries and agricultural policies, putting them in competition.
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
