Brexit casts a long shadow over talks on seven-year EU budget

Farmers in Central and Eastern European countries receive less subsidy per hectare than those in the West of Europe. Picture: Aris Oikonomou/AFP

Farmers protesting on the streets of Brussels last week couldn’t agree on the share-out of Common Agricultural Policy funds, not to mind leaders inside the European Council trying to agree on the EU’s seven-year budget of over €1,000bn.