We are urgently developing research requirements with other European laboratories to make sure we understand and the disease (Schmallenberg) better.Farmers braced for deep EU budget cuts
FARMERS should brace themselves for a serious cut in CAP funding after 2013, a European Commission official has warned.
Agriculture currently receives just under £50 billion from EU coffers which is equivalent to 45 per cent of the entire EU budget. That proportion is set to drop to 39 per cent by 2013.
But with public finances across Europe in a dire state, EU Commissioners could decide to make even more stringent cuts in the budget.
The warning comes from Patrizio Fiorilli, spokesman for European Union Budget Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski, who will lead talks over the EU’s financial priorities for 2013-2019.
Mr Fiorilli said the UK budget rebate and farm spending could both be hit when initial budget proposals are announced in September.
The Commission’s proposals will identify cuts and potential new sources of income.
“Everything will be looked at, especially the weight of agriculture in the EU budget – currently 45 percent of spending – but also the rebates accorded to Britain, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands,” Mr Fiorilli told European reporters.
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B. Russel | 19 August 2010 1:22 pm
This is why we need RULES in place to stop IMPORTS that do not meet our STANDARDS so that we can compete on the MARKET without needing EU SUBSIDIES which are going to disappear before we know it
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