US EditionEU to Propose Merging CAP Funding with Other Funds
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Brussels Backstabs Farmers: Agricultural Funds Set To Be Diluted
For a brief moment, it looked like Brussels had bowed to the unprecedented mobilization of farmers and member states against the EU’s planned agricultural budget reforms. However, the final draft proposal, leaked just a day before its official unveiling on Wednesday, July 16th, proved that the enthusiasm was premature. Despite the explicit demands coming from the sector, the Commission is forging ahead with the idea of merging the agricultural s…
The EU Commission wants to take over the traditional support programmes and thus secure more flexibility and influence. The states should get money for reforms. Only the farmers can breathe up.
The battle on the European field against Brussels' policies has not just come to an end, and once again the Commission is putting our farmers back on the ropes, this time the unrest is about the European Commission's proposal to centralise the funds into a single budgetary instrument, putting "the architecture of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) at risk".
Farmers: The European Commission wants to reform agricultural policy. Farmers will continue to receive income support, but large recipients will face cuts. Also…
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