EU Member States funded more than €4.6 billion in emergency measures for the agricultural sector in 2022, according to figures revealed on 2 November by Farm Europe.
The organisation fears internal market fragmentation due to the extent of such national State aid. Urgent consideration should be given to the multiplication of aid at the national rather than at the EU level. The crisis reserve has proved its worth. However, its budget allocation is derisory on the scale of the European...