Whilst the number of farmers continuously decreases within the European Union and the share of young people in the sector slacks off significantly the Tommaso Veraldi report (ALDE, IT) approved on 5th June 571 votes in favour, 31 against and 39 abstentions stresses that Europe and agriculture need young people and suggests real measures should be made to make the agricultural sector more attractive to the under 35's. Improving the performance of set-up support policies, creating legislation that facilitates succession arrangements to non-members of the family, relaxing access to funding for young people and increasing support for training farmers during their entire professional life are all examples of suggestions made in the report with the upcoming CAP Healthcheck at the end of 2008 in view.