The European Commission will adopt before the end of 2017 a Communication on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced this morning. Opening the 2016 Agricultural Outlook Conference, President Juncker explainedSearch for available translations of the preceding linkFR•••: "Simplification and modernization will be the key words and the primary objective of the Communication on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy which the Commission plans to adopt before the end of 2017. The first step will be a public consultation which will be launched at the beginning of next year and which will allow each of you to contribute to the debate on the direction that this important strategic policy should take in the future."