Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed, in Madrid with fellow Ministers and Secretaries for Agriculture.
ADVERTISEMENT
A joint memorandum has been signed by a number of European ministers and secretaries for agriculture in Madrid on 31 May, requesting that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget should not be cut.
At the beginning of May, the EU Budget Commissioner Gunther Oettinger proposed cuts of approximately 5% to CAP funding in the next EU budget.
Farmers cannot be asked to do more and more for less and less
ADVERTISEMENT
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed addressed a conference in Spain today with his counterparts and insisted that despite the resulting loss of EU income from the Brexit fallout, CAP funding should not be hit.
“The advantage of an increasingly globalised market place brings with it volatility and competitiveness challenges, and farm families in many sectors are struggling to make ends meet.
"Therefore farmers cannot be asked to do more and more for less and less,” Creed stated after the meeting.
In total, six countries signed the memorandum, including the Ministers for Agriculture from Ireland, France, Spain and Portugal and the State Secretaries from Finland and Greece.
This content is available to digital subscribers and loyalty code users only. Sign in to your account, use the code or subscribe to get unlimited access.
The reader loyalty code gives you full access to the site from when you enter it until the following Wednesday at 9pm. Find your unique code on the back page of Irish Country Living every week.
CODE ACCEPTED
You have full access to the site until next Wednesday at 9pm.
CODE NOT VALID
Please try again or contact support.
A joint memorandum has been signed by a number of European ministers and secretaries for agriculture in Madrid on 31 May, requesting that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget should not be cut.
At the beginning of May, the EU Budget Commissioner Gunther Oettinger proposed cuts of approximately 5% to CAP funding in the next EU budget.
Farmers cannot be asked to do more and more for less and less
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed addressed a conference in Spain today with his counterparts and insisted that despite the resulting loss of EU income from the Brexit fallout, CAP funding should not be hit.
“The advantage of an increasingly globalised market place brings with it volatility and competitiveness challenges, and farm families in many sectors are struggling to make ends meet.
"Therefore farmers cannot be asked to do more and more for less and less,” Creed stated after the meeting.
In total, six countries signed the memorandum, including the Ministers for Agriculture from Ireland, France, Spain and Portugal and the State Secretaries from Finland and Greece.
If you would like to speak to a member of our team, please call us on 01-4199525.
Link sent to your email address
We have sent an email to your address. Please click on the link in this email to reset your password. If you can't find it in your inbox, please check your spam folder. If you can't find the email, please call us on 01-4199525.
ENTER YOUR LOYALTY CODE:
The reader loyalty code gives you full access to the site from when you enter it until the following Wednesday at 9pm. Find your unique code on the back page of Irish Country Living every week.
SHARING OPTIONS