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The CAP doesn’t fit – why the EU’s farm subsidies are ripe for reform
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<blockquote data-quote="Eildon Hill" data-source="post: 6522721" data-attributes="member: 244"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://capx.co/the-cap-doesnt-fit-why-the-eus-farm-subsidies-are-ripe-for-reform/[/URL]</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The EU's farming subsidies are illiberal, hypocritical and protectionist</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Farming makes up 6% of EU's GDP, but receives nearly 40% of the entire EU budget &url=https://capx.co/2AXAX&via=CapX" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?t=Farming makes up 6% of EU's GDP, but receives nearly 40% of the entire EU budget &u=https://capx.co/2AXAX&via=CapX" target="_blank"> </a> Farming makes up 6% of EU's GDP, but receives nearly 40% of the entire EU budget</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=The CAP subsidises FTSE 250 corporations like Tate&Lyle at the expense of smaller farms&url=https://capx.co/2AXAX&via=CapX" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?t=The CAP subsidises FTSE 250 corporations like Tate&Lyle at the expense of smaller farms&u=https://capx.co/2AXAX&via=CapX" target="_blank"> </a> The CAP subsidises FTSE 250 corporations like Tate&Lyle at the expense of smaller farms</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> </li> </ul><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>With the support of the Atlas Network, CapX is publishing a new series of essays on the theme of <strong>Illiberalism in Europe</strong>, looking at the different threats to liberal economies and societies across the continent, from populism to protectionism and corruption.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>Richard Findlay is a farmer in the North York Moors National Park between York and Newcastle. As the <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/db2a28e2-c175-11e8-95b1-d36dfef1b89a" target="_blank">Financial Times reported</a> last year, Mr Findlay garners a profit of around £12,000 a year by grazing some seven hundred sheep. But even that £12,000 is quite a lot if one looks closer. Indeed, if it weren’t for subsidies delivered by the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Mr Findlay would be facing a loss of £32,000. Simply put, this farm would not exist if it were not for Brussels.</p><p></p><p></p><p>But Mr Findlay is far from the only farmer keeping his business alive through subsidies – the same thing is happening all over Europe. In the UK, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/db2a28e2-c175-11e8-95b1-d36dfef1b89a" target="_blank">61% of the average farm’s profit</a> comes from the EU’s direct payment scheme. On farms specialising in livestock farming, more than 90% of what is called ‘profit’ comes from subsidies........................................</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eildon Hill, post: 6522721, member: 244"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://capx.co/the-cap-doesnt-fit-why-the-eus-farm-subsidies-are-ripe-for-reform/[/URL] [LIST] [*]The EU's farming subsidies are illiberal, hypocritical and protectionist [*] [*] [URL="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Farming makes up 6% of EU's GDP, but receives nearly 40% of the entire EU budget &url=https://capx.co/2AXAX&via=CapX"] [/URL] [URL="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?t=Farming makes up 6% of EU's GDP, but receives nearly 40% of the entire EU budget &u=https://capx.co/2AXAX&via=CapX"] [/URL] Farming makes up 6% of EU's GDP, but receives nearly 40% of the entire EU budget [*] [*] [URL='https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=The CAP subsidises FTSE 250 corporations like Tate&Lyle at the expense of smaller farms&url=https://capx.co/2AXAX&via=CapX'] [/URL] [URL='http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?t=The CAP subsidises FTSE 250 corporations like Tate&Lyle at the expense of smaller farms&u=https://capx.co/2AXAX&via=CapX'] [/URL] The CAP subsidises FTSE 250 corporations like Tate&Lyle at the expense of smaller farms [*] [/LIST] [I]With the support of the Atlas Network, CapX is publishing a new series of essays on the theme of [B]Illiberalism in Europe[/B], looking at the different threats to liberal economies and societies across the continent, from populism to protectionism and corruption.[/I] Richard Findlay is a farmer in the North York Moors National Park between York and Newcastle. As the [URL='https://www.ft.com/content/db2a28e2-c175-11e8-95b1-d36dfef1b89a']Financial Times reported[/URL] last year, Mr Findlay garners a profit of around £12,000 a year by grazing some seven hundred sheep. But even that £12,000 is quite a lot if one looks closer. Indeed, if it weren’t for subsidies delivered by the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Mr Findlay would be facing a loss of £32,000. Simply put, this farm would not exist if it were not for Brussels. But Mr Findlay is far from the only farmer keeping his business alive through subsidies – the same thing is happening all over Europe. In the UK, [URL='https://www.ft.com/content/db2a28e2-c175-11e8-95b1-d36dfef1b89a']61% of the average farm’s profit[/URL] comes from the EU’s direct payment scheme. On farms specialising in livestock farming, more than 90% of what is called ‘profit’ comes from subsidies........................................ [/QUOTE]
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