Bradford urges support for CAP

EUROPE needs a strong and vibrant farming and rural community, the Council of Europe was told in Strasbourg by Fine Gael Senator Paul Bradford during a debate on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy.

Mr Bradford said that without that sense of community and strong rural ethos, much of Europe would be a social and economic wasteland.

He described British attitudes to the policy as biased, distorted, unfair and selective with the facts.