13 member states reject fund CAP cut

Agriculture Minister Michael Creed told the Council, “A reduced budget means reduced ambition. This is the wrong signal to send our young people, and it is inconsistent with the increased ambition outlined in these proposals.”

Stephen Cadogan

At this week’s EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council, Ireland joined Finland, France, Greece, Portugal and Spain, supported by Croatia, Cyprus, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania and Slovakia in warning that the proposed reduction of the CAP budget would threaten the viability of European farming, and requesting that the CAP budget is kept at the current EU-27 level.