EU wrong on succession

There could be a three to four-fold increase in EU expenditure on young farmers, depending on how agriculture ministers, the Commission, and Parliament resolve their differences over this part of the CAP reform.

The ministers say payments for young farmers should be voluntary for member states; the Commission and Parliament say they should be mandatory.

But are they all making political capital out of the very laudable aim of helping young people, while glossing over the real problem, which is that older farmers are reluctant to retire?