Farming deal ‘too flexible’ but caps largest direct payments | EurActiv

Farming deal ‘too flexible’ but caps largest direct payments | EurActiv:

 The EU’s freshly agreed agriculture policy reform caps direct payments to the largest farms, but a senior parliamentarian says that flexibility in its enforcement potentially weakens social and green commitments.

Ministers and a negotiating team from the European Parliament finalised a deal on the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2014 to 2020 on Tuesday evening (24 September).

The agreement, which now passes on to the entire Parliament for vote, caps the amount farmers can receive in direct payments of over €150,000. In practice, this reduces the amount the largest farms will receive by at least 5%, the Commission says.

 

 The agreed Common Agriculture Policy reform caps the amount farmers can receive in direct payments of over 150,000€.