Irish and French farmers will work together to maintain farm budget

IRISH and French farm leaders have agreed to work closely together to ensure that the European Union farm budget is maintained in its entirety and that the Common Agricultural Policy in the future continues to support agriculture and active European farmers.

IFA president John Bryan and FNSEA leader Jean Michel Le Metayer held “a very positive and constructive meeting” on the future of the CAP at the International Agriculture Show in Paris.

Mr Bryan said the IFA will be working closely with FNSEA to formulate a sustainable CAP post-2013 that protects the critical farm family structure both in Ireland and France. It is vital that the CAP budget and Ireland’s envelope are safeguarded in the upcoming negotiations.