Greening of CAP ‘simply doesn’t offer value for money’

A new study for environmental groups claims that planned simplifications of green policies in European farming will have no benefit for Ireland.

As talks resume this week on the issue between the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of Agriculture Ministers, the report for Europe’s largest environmental citizens’ organisation said the greening of the CAP was doomed to failure.

This, according to the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), is because it will allow farms to secure European funding while not taking measures to support the environment.