The European Commission’s proposals for the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), unveiled on Wednesday 16 July, have provoked a barrage of criticism from EU farmers.
The plan, deemed “unacceptable’ by many MEPs and representatives of the farming world, provides for a 20% reduction in the budget for the period 2028-2034, the abolition of the second pillar devoted to rural development, and the renationalisation of the CAP, leaving each Member State to draw up its own plan - a...