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Commission increases maximum amount of farm subsidies
By EUobserver
The European Commission proposed on Friday that recipients of EU farm subsidies should be capped at €100,000 - except if the surplus amount is spent on wages. Initially EU agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan said the maximum would be set at €60,000, but "some member states" made objections. "We don't want unintended consequences of having a very serious financial burden imposed on businesses, particularly in our eastern European countries," said Hogan.