Copa-Cogeca critisises new EU council proposals on future EU budget

Copa-Cogeca criticised today new proposals from the President of the Council on the future EU budget 2014-20, warning that they would cut EU farm spending to unacceptable levels, at a time when farmers are already being hard hit by high input costs which are often not covered by market prices. Food demand is also on the rise and these proposals risk threatening food security and 40 million jobs in rural areas.