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France Pushes Back as EU Budget Plan Seeks to Cap and Restructure Common Agricultural Policy

French ministers have publicly condemned the plan, vowing to defend direct payments as EU capitals begin two years of budget talks.

En parallèle de la présentation de son budget pluriannuel pour la période 2028-2034, Bruxelles a présenté mercredi 16 juillet une nouvelle architecture de la PAC.
Des agriculteurs de différents pays européens se rassemblent devant le Parlement européen pour protester contre le budget 2028-2034 de la politique agricole commune (PAC), à Bruxelles, en Belgique, le 16 juillet 2025.
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Ettore Prandini, président de la Coldiretti, un des principaux syndicats agricoles italiens.

Overview

  • The European Commission’s draft 2028–2034 budget merges the PAC with cohesion policy into a single national and regional fund while guaranteeing a €300 billion floor for agricultural income support.
  • Member states would gain greater discretion to reallocate EU funds across agriculture, cohesion, defense and other priorities under the new partnership vehicle.
  • Hundreds of farmers rallied in Brussels under the FNSEA banner on July 17, denouncing the fusion as a provocation and warning of dilution of vital direct payments.
  • On July 18, Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard and Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad warned the reform threatens France’s agricultural sovereignty and pledged to safeguard every euro of PAC aid.
  • EU leaders kicked off negotiations at the Council’s General Affairs meeting, launching a two-year marathon to reconcile Brussels’ blueprint with member-state demands.