The Directorate General for Agriculture says in an in-house budgetary simulation that it is perfectly justified to maintain the current level of resources of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The document evaluates the impact of cuts in the agricultural budget (€408 million for the 2014-2020 period) of 15% and 30% in 2021-2027.
The situation of many farmers is already precarious, with the average hourly wage in the sector about 40% of that in the economy as a whole, and they are being...