No plan to cut spending on agriculture, says Fischler

EUROPEAN UNION Commissioner Franz Fischler, on a tour of member States to outline the new proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy, has rejected claims that the Commission wanted to cut the farm budget.

“We want to maintain the level of support for the farming sector. This review is about spending the money in a more sensible and efficient way,” he said.

He stressed that the brief the EU heads of government gave the Commission at the Berlin European Council was not to cut agricultural spending.