EU farmers say Von der Leyen's proposal is a "smokescreen"

ula von der Leyen, to the European Union budget for states to spend 10% in the agricultural sector is a "smokescreen." "In our view, the new concepts presented by the European Commission over the weekend are purely a smokescreen," the organization stated in a letter sent today to Members of the European Parliament. COPA-Cogeca reacted to the letter that Von der Leyen sent on Sunday to the President of the Eurochamber, Roberta Metsola, and the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen—whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union this semester—to try to circumvent the European Parliament's veto of the multiannual budget 2028-2034 that is being negotiated in Brussels. Specifically, Von der Leyen proposes that EU countries allocate "at least 10%" of the national plans that they must present to Brussels to receive European funds to the agricultural sector, an amount that would be added to the amount already planned for the Common Agricultural ...