Report Number: 1466
Date: 8/7/2010

Title:
EU farming budget for Ireland must be maintained says Fine Gael MEP (1 of 2)

Of interest to:
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Script details:
The budget that Ireland gets from the EU Common Agricultural Policy must be maintained. That’s the call from Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness. It comes as the European Parliament in Strasbourg today (Thursday) backed a report about the future of the CAP. It sets out MEPs’ views ahead of a big reform of Europe’s farming policy over the next few years. With concerns that the budget could be cut, Mairead McGuinness says her main priority is to ensure that doesn’t happen.

Interviewee:
Mairead McGuinness MEP

Duration:
0 minutes 22 seconds

Out-words:
European Union CAP