Guarding the Pork Barrel: Germany Opposes Attempts to Reform EU Agricultural Subsidies
9:32am GMT, Thursday, 6 January 2011
The European Commission wants to reform the Common Agricultural Policy, which eats up almost half of the EU’s budget and which primarily benefits large farms in “old” member states. But Germany and France are resisting moves to change the system so it favors smaller, organic farms. The status quo suits them very nicely.
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