French dairy and crop farmer Jean-Claude Pette relies on European Union subsidie...
LIZINES, France - French dairy and crop farmer Jean-Claude Pette relies on European Union subsidies to keep his 200-hectare farm afloat. But he worries support could be cut as governments seek ways to plug a budget hole left by Britain’s departure from the bloc.
He said President Emmanuel Macron must insist on those payouts being left untouched when EU leaders meet this week to thrash out the bloc’s next seven-year budget. France says there can be no reduction to the CAP budget. Sweden’s EU Minister Hans Dahlgren told Reuters a European Commission proposal for a 5% cut did not go far enough.French Farmers are already unhappy with Macron, a former investment banker, over issues like pesticide restrictions and a landmark free trade deal brokered with South American countries.
Dahlgren said that meant cuts were needed to spending on agriculture and structural cohesion and that his government’s stance was closely aligned to Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands. Farmer and breeder Jean-Claude Pette poses next to his cows in his farm at Lizines, France, February 12, 2020. Picture taken February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
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