Survey backs farm industry

IN the biggest response to any such exercise ever conducted by the EU Commission, 6,000 citizens submitted their thoughts on the future of the Common Agriculture Policy through the internet.

The good news for the industry is that respondents agree with those in earlier, wider EU surveys who said agriculture and rural areas are important for the EU’s future.

One wonders why the latest call for views was even necessary, because regular EU-barometer surveys include nearly 30,000 Europeans.