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Under Ciolos' plan, CAP would still provide direct subsidies to farmers, but some countries would receive more than others.
After two years of negotiations, the resulting proposal to reform the contentious European Union Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) unveiled by Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos Oct. 12 seems to have left nearly everyone dissatisfied.
In practice, the 56 billion euro program provides a system of support for Europe's farmers via a combination of direct subsidy payments for crops and lands, as well as guaranteed minimum prices, import tariffs and caps on imports of certain goods from outside the EU. CAP is also supposed to consider the impact of European agricultural policy on the environment, rural development and global markets.
Under the proposal, the CAP budget would continue to provide direct subsidy payments to farmers, but the subsidies would be redistributed, with some countries getting more and others less, and payments would be capped at a maximum of 300,000 euros per farm. The payments would be partially dependent on farmers meeting new environmental standards.
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