Monday, 17 August 2026Europe · Analysis
Independent · Brussels & Berlin
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European Commissioner for Agriculture, European Commission
NATO chief details staggering Russian casualties while Zelensky demands longer security guarantees and von der Leyen invokes EU mutual defence clause.
Brussels wants to redirect payments from large landholders to younger and smaller farmers, but Slovakia, Czechia and France face the biggest losses under the new formula.
The European Commission proposes €300 billion for the next Common Agricultural Policy, down from €386.6 billion. Farmers and MEPs across parties say the reduction breaks a post-war settlement.
The Commission's leaked proposal folds the Common Agricultural Policy into a broader national funding envelope, cuts the farm budget by up to a quarter, and leaves agriculture ministers to enforce controversial payment caps.
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