The CAP budget could be cut by €5bn in the latest proposal for the next EU budget at this weekend’s crucial European Council meeting, according to the IFA.
IFA president Tim Cullinan said the latest papers from the meeting show that rather than increasing the overall CAP allocation, it has been reduced by some €5bn.
“In the draft before the talks began, €15bn was allocated to the rural development element of the CAP from the €750bn recovery fund. We understand this has now been reduced to €10bn,” he said on Saturday.
Cullinan said the cut is unacceptable and that Taoiseach Micheál Martin must make it clear that it is a total non-runner.
IFA president Tim Cullinan has said the proposed cut is a "non-runner". \ Philip Doyle
Walk the walk
“We cannot have a scenario where our Taoiseach comes back from the talks with less for the CAP than he went out with. The CAP budget must increase, not reduce.
The EU wants farmers to do more for the environment and biodiversity yet they will not back it up with the necessary funding
“It is easy to talk the talk but now he needs to walk the walk.
“The EU wants farmers to do more for the environment and biodiversity yet they will not back it up with the necessary funding,” he said.
Why the meeting matters
It is Martin’s first European Council meeting as Taoiseach and he is under pressure to deliver a budget that is no worse than the one recently proposed by the European Commission, which would give agriculture €391.5bn over the next seven years in CAP funding.
The best outcome for Irish farmers would be the approval of the MFF proposed by the Commission.
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The CAP budget could be cut by €5bn in the latest proposal for the next EU budget at this weekend’s crucial European Council meeting, according to the IFA.
IFA president Tim Cullinan said the latest papers from the meeting show that rather than increasing the overall CAP allocation, it has been reduced by some €5bn.
“In the draft before the talks began, €15bn was allocated to the rural development element of the CAP from the €750bn recovery fund. We understand this has now been reduced to €10bn,” he said on Saturday.
Cullinan said the cut is unacceptable and that Taoiseach Micheál Martin must make it clear that it is a total non-runner.
IFA president Tim Cullinan has said the proposed cut is a "non-runner". \ Philip Doyle
Walk the walk
“We cannot have a scenario where our Taoiseach comes back from the talks with less for the CAP than he went out with. The CAP budget must increase, not reduce.
The EU wants farmers to do more for the environment and biodiversity yet they will not back it up with the necessary funding
“It is easy to talk the talk but now he needs to walk the walk.
“The EU wants farmers to do more for the environment and biodiversity yet they will not back it up with the necessary funding,” he said.
Why the meeting matters
It is Martin’s first European Council meeting as Taoiseach and he is under pressure to deliver a budget that is no worse than the one recently proposed by the European Commission, which would give agriculture €391.5bn over the next seven years in CAP funding.
The best outcome for Irish farmers would be the approval of the MFF proposed by the Commission.
Read more
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€50m CAP budget blow to farmers for 2021
EU pulls back on major CAP cuts
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