CAP proposals to hit the most productive farms hardest
Across the EU, more than half of the utilised agricultural area would be affected by the reduction in aid, rising to two-thirds when the smallest farms are excluded.
There are fears for the strength of the EU's food industry, after analysis shows the biggest reduction in income aid for the most productive farmers in the new CAP proposals.
For example, aid would be reduced for half of the farmers, and three quarters of the farmland in France, which is the EU's top food producing member state.
