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16th December, 2025
Farmers to protest new EU subsidy rules
More than 100 participants will leave Hungary for Brussels this week to take part in Thursday’s all-European farmers’ demonstration, the National Agricultural Chamber and the Federation of Hungarian Farmers’ Circles and Co-operatives said on Monday.
The organisers expect participants from all EU member states, nearly 10,000 people.
The protest rally was initiated by European farmers group Copa-Cogeca in response to a European Commission proposal published in July that would reduce agricultural subsidies by more than 20% in the 2028-34 EU budget cycle, and abolish the Common Agricultural Policy.
A statement said the European Commission plans to reach a decision without making thorough preparations, without holding consultations and without drafting feasibility studies, placing EU farmers at a disadvantage.
The interest representations also demand that the Commission should not conclude commercial agreements with countries outside the EU that jeopardise European agricultural producers and constitute food safety risks.
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Sources regularly consulted, with abbreviations used in text: Népszabadság (N); Magyar Hírlap (MH); Világgazdaság (VG); Napi Gazdaság (NG); Magyar Nemzet (MN); Népszava (Nsz); Kossuth Rádió news (KR); nightly TV news (TV).
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