EuObserver reports that M. Sarkozy has backed the idea of reforming the Common Agricultural Policy, one of the most ludicrous, expensive and inefficient EU policies.
The fact that the French government is even thinking about shifting their position of just saying ‘Non’ to reform is a large step, and he’s phrased it fairly well-
I do not want to disappoint farmers who do not want hand-outs, farmers who do not want to live off subsidies and farmers who do not want to be subjected to regulations on their livestock’s hair.
Admittedly rhetoric is easy (although in France with the farmers seemingly ever ready to join the students in rioting or burning sheep it may not be quite so easy) and I’m sure any deal will fall short of abolishing the CAP, but this is at least a step in the right direction.
Now all we need is for some real action on the Common Fisheries Policy, if anything a greater disaster for the environment and people than the CAP…
