New deal needed on CAP income

“The defence of our CAP funding remains at the core of the Irish Government’s stance in our negotiations on the seven-year EU budget,” said Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney recently.

This CAP funding will depend significantly on the future budget for the EU, which EU heads of state meetings are scheduled to discuss and finalise in a series of meetings beginning today.

However, given the critical situation in the Middle East, it is reasonable to assume that discussion time will have to be found also for heads of state to formulate the EU’s position on this matter, as a priority.