Upper Limit to Direct Payments in CAP Reform Proposals Labelled ”A Mirage” - Carthy

An Irish MEP has described upper limits proposed to direct payments to farmers, in recently announced CAP reform proposals, as a 'mirage'. 

Changes to the Common Agricultural Policy, announced by Commissioner Phil Hogan, are due to take effect after 2020. 

However, a Sinn Fein MEP claims the plans do not address growing inequality in the sector. 

While an upper limit of 100,000 euro in direct payments to farmers has been proposed, 

Midlands North-West representative Matt Carthy believes there will be ways around the new limit: 

 

Out Words: the priority