An Ireland South MEP candidate says it’s a “cop out” to say the Common Agricultural Policy scheme can’t be streamlined.
Labour’s Niamh Hourigan is calling for “overwhelming EU bureaucracy” around the CAP scheme to be reduced and claims red tape is damaging farmers’ willingness to embrace a Just Transition.
The European Commission has recently revealed proposals to simplify the scheme by giving farmers “greater flexibility when it comes to complying with certain environmental conditionalities”.
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Hourigan insists the level of regulation must be reduced to avoid alienating farmers.
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