Summary:
Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini writes in a guest column of Maaseudun Tulevaisuus about the European Union’s common agriculture policy (CAP) and the EU budget. He points out that Finland’s view is that a smaller EU needs to lead to a smaller budget.

However, now the Commission is planning to increase the overall budget but cut the agriculture budget. Mr Soini thinks that CAP needs to be simplified and national subsidies and coordination need to be promoted, but agriculture subsidies cannot be cut.

Securing the profitability of agriculture and Finnish, clean food, are significant themes in the next elections, he concludes.

Media:  Maaseudun Tulevaisuus
Date: 29.6.2018
Journalist: Timo Soini
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