Revealed: majority of politicians on key EU farming panel have industry links
by Arthur Neslen from on (#3QX5S)
Most MEPs on the influential agriculture committee have business ties, new research shows, raising concerns about conflicts of interest
Most of the politicians on the European parliament's influential agriculture committee have business or personal links to the farming sector they are charged with regulating, research reveals.
The key EU panel oversees some of the most important agricultural decisions in European politics. Its MEPs negotiated the last common agricultural policy (CAP) settlement with 28 nation states and the European commission. The CAP sets subsidy rates for farmers across the continent - accounting for almost 40% of the EU's overall budget in 2017, or a59bn (51.5bn).
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