Farmers to return to Brussels to defend CAP budget

Farmers Preparing for Major Show of Strength in Brussels

Unprecedented farmer mobilisation may have already prevented the Commission from eliminating the independent CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) funds altogether, but organisations now believe further action is needed to resist cuts to its overall budget. As such, farmers will return to the streets of Brussels next week when the first package of proposals for the EU’s next long-term budget is presented, on July 16th. The planned protest has been de…

Farmers to return to Brussels to defend CAP budget

Although described as 'symbolic' by the organisers, the protest is expected to be the most significant mobilisation since last year.

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