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Photo Gallery If the CAP Fits

The European Commission wants to reform the Common Agricultural Policy, which eats up almost half of the EU's budget and which primarily benefits large farms in "old" member states. But Germany and France are resisting moves to change the system so it favors smaller, organic farms. The status quo suits them very nicely.
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The European Commission wants to reform the Common Agricultural Policy, which eats up almost half of the EU's budget and which primarily benefits large farms in "old" member states.

Foto: A3634 Friso Gentsch/ dpa
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But Germany and France are resisting moves to change the system so it favors smaller, organic farms. The status quo suits them very nicely. Here, German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner poses with some cows in Bavaria.

Foto: A2748 Ursula D¸ren/ dpa
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Grain harvest in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Critics say there hasn't been a convincing reason for the flood of subsidies from Brussels for a long time.

Foto: Z1003 Jens Büttner/ dpa
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