Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Apr 1
EU prosecutors seek to lift immunity of Greek farm minister https://www.politico.eu/article/eppo-requests-lifting-immunity-of-greek-farm-minister-in-fraud-scandal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CommonAgriculturalPolicy(CAP) #AgricultureandFood
EU prosecutors seek to lift immunity of Greek farm minister

Main opposition party urges Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to fire his agriculture minister as fraud scandal broadens.

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MediaFaro AnalysisOct 21

The EU’s mission impossible: Stopping young farmers giving up before they’ve even begun.

Europe’s food system depends on an endangered species: its farmers.

Brussels wants to fix Europe’s aging farm problem, but its new plan may lack the cash to pull it off.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251021-the-eus-mission-impossible-stopping-young-farmers-giving-up-before-theyve-even-begun?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Agriculture #Food #SustainableAgriculture #CommonAgriculturalPolicy #CAP #YoungFarmers #SmallFarmers #EU #Europe

The EU’s mission impossible: Stopping young farmers giving up before they’ve even begun.

Europe’s food system depends on an endangered species: its farmers. Brussels wants to fix Europe’s aging farm problem, but its new plan may lack the cash to pull it off.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Oct 3, 2025
EU subsidy fraud isn’t just a Greek problem, it’s everywhere, warns top prosecutor https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-subsidy-fraud-isnt-just-greece-problem-everywhere-warns-top-prosecutor/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CommonAgriculturalPolicy(CAP) #Financialcrime/fraud #AgricultureandFood #Nationalbudgets #Dumping/Duties #Corruption #Parliament #Resilience #RuleofLaw #EUBudget #Payments #Shipping #Balkans #Customs #farmers #Imports #Budget #Farms #Fraud #Tax
EU subsidy fraud isn’t just a Greek problem, it’s everywhere, warns top prosecutor

Farm subsidies represent a third of the EU budget, which makes them a tempting target for corruption schemes.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Jul 18, 2025
The €2 trillion question: Inside the battle over the EU’s budget https://www.politico.eu/podcast/eu-confidential/the-e2-trillion-question-inside-the-battle-over-the-eus-budget/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CommonAgriculturalPolicy(CAP) #Regions/Cohesion #Competitiveness #EUConfidential #ForeignAffairs #Agriculture #Inflation #EUBudget #Politics #Defense #Exports #farmers #Tariffs #Budget #Farms #Trade #War
The €2 trillion question: Inside the battle over the EU’s budget

Trillions of euros, almost as many priorities — and just over two years to agree. The European Commission has unveiled its sweeping new seven-year budget proposal, and the fight over where the mone…

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Jul 14, 2025
The next EU budget cannot be business as usual https://www.politico.eu/article/the-next-eu-budget-cannot-be-business-as-usual/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CommonAgriculturalPolicy(CAP) #Aidanddevelopment #Privateinvestment #Competitiveness #Defensebudgets #Digitalization #HorizonEurope #Foodsecurity #Negotiations #Supplychains #WarinUkraine #Innovation #Resilience #Migration #RuleofLaw #EUBudget #Military #Research #Security #Defense #Opinion #Asylum #Budget
The next EU budget cannot be business as usual

The bloc must rethink and reprioritize in order to seize opportunities and tackle the new challenges we face today.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Jul 7, 2025
Brussels backs off from big farm shake-up. Cuts are coming anyway. https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-big-farm-eu-cap-cuts-budget-covid-agriculture-policy-lobby-ursula-von-der-leyen/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CommonAgriculturalPolicy(CAP) #AgricultureandFood #FinancialServices #Regions/Cohesion #Competitiveness #Sustainability #EUBudget/MFF #Agriculture #Development #Resilience #Payments #Security #Defense #farmers #Finance #Budget #Policy #Farms
Brussels backs off from big farm shake-up. Cuts are coming anyway.

The European Commission tried to gut the EU farm budget. Farmers, ministers and lobbyists fought back and won. But with funds shrinking, the pain is only delayed.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Jun 28, 2025
Greece names new ministers after high-level resignations over farm scandal https://www.politico.eu/article/greece-new-minister-resignation-farm-scandal-thanos-plevris-makis-voridis-haris-theocharis-yiannis-andrianos-christos-dermentzopoulos/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CommonAgriculturalPolicy(CAP) #Financialcrime/fraud #AgricultureandFood #FinancialServices #Greekpolitics #Development #Governance #Parliament #Regulation #Migration #Refugees #Security #Budget
Greece names new ministers after high-level resignations over farm scandal

Thanos Plevris, a hardline MP with the nationalist Laos party, was appointed migration minister.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Jun 20, 2025
Prosecutor implicates two Greek ministers in huge EU farm fraud https://www.politico.eu/article/greek-farm-fraud-agriculture-prosecution-ministers-opekepe/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CommonAgriculturalPolicy(CAP) #Financialcrime/fraud #AgricultureandFood #FinancialServices #Agriculture #Development #Parliament #Regulation #EUfunding #Migration #farmers #Budget #Farms
Prosecutor implicates two Greek ministers in huge EU farm fraud

European prosecutors allege two agriculture ministers committed “criminal offenses” in a long-running pastureland scam.

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Petrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂJun 9, 2025
There won't be real active travel infrastructure until EU farm grants start being linked to green farming and green action - making it profitable for farmers to give a strip of roadside land to make greenways and pathways. Which in themselves will bring profit to landowners who are proactive about opening farm shops, cafes, etc
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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)May 28, 2025
Death by dung: How Brussels failed to save Europe’s waters from a farm waste deluge https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-eu-policy-failed-clean-up-europe-waters/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CommonAgriculturalPolicy(CAP) #Sustainableagriculture #Environmentaldamage #AgricultureandFood #EnergyandClimate #Inlandwaterways #Marinepollution #Sustainability #Pollution #Water
Death by dung: How Brussels failed to save Europe’s waters from a farm waste deluge

Nitrate pollution is destroying Europe’s aquatic ecosystems. Three decades after the EU started regulating it, there has been almost no improvement.

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