EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE FEARS CUTS IN EU RURAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET COULD HARM POORER MEAT PRODUCERS
February 1st, 2013
MEMBERS of the European Parliament agriculture committee are worried about cuts made to the European Union (EU)’s rural development fund for the rest of the decade in the recent EU 2014-20 spending deal – warning it may especially hit farmers rearing livestock of sheep and goats in poor regions.“I am very worried by the figure that I hear on rural development being reduced by 11.2%,” said British Conservative MEP James Nicholson yesterday (Thursday), stressing that he is not honour-bound to back the cuts because they were supported by British prime ...
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