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The new 2020-27 Common Agricultural Policy, first enacted in 1962 and costing €55bn a year, could spell the death of rural communities in EU (Photo: maraker)

Progressive CAP alternative only hope for sustainability

The European Commission has unveiled its post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

Unsurprisingly, the proposals are a continuation of the disastrous approach that has seen a quarter of European farms disappear over the past decade. This is equivalent to one farm every three minutes.

Commissioner Phil Hogan, in charge of agriculture and rural development, said that his proposals a...

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

The new 2020-27 Common Agricultural Policy, first enacted in 1962 and costing €55bn a year, could spell the death of rural communities in EU (Photo: maraker)

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

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