Farmers and ministers split over CAP
The plan, which could see farmers' incomes cut by a fifth over six years, was debated by the EU's agriculture ministers yesterday in Brussels for the first time since being unveiled last week.
Minister Joe Walsh is to set up a consultative group to look at the effects of the proposals, which aim to change the way Europe's farmers qualify for subsidies of about 4 billion euro a year, or half the cost of running the EU.
