Stephen Cadogan: EU’s Vision for Farming: Big promises, but who pays the bill?
Amidst the ongoing debate over the next seven-year EU budget, there were few clues in the announcement as to where money will be found for agriculture, writes Stephen Cadogan.
The EU Commission was back on familiar ground last week, when unveiling its "vision for food and agriculture". Only a few days previous, the Commission was invited only as a guest, when French President Emmanuel Macron summoned the leaders of Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Denmark and even the UK to an urgent meeting, after US President Donald Trump threatened to walk away from protecting Europe, and left it on the sidelines by opening direct negotiations with Russia's Vladimir Putin on the fate of Ukraine.
Away from the hot geopolitical area, the Commission was more comfortable last week, presenting its roadmap vision for the EU farming and agri-food sector, albeit with only farmers really interested.
