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Orbán: “If the EU starts down a path, they will push through, and anyone who stands in the way gets thrown off the track”
21 Jun 2025 06:40 GMT
… the loss of vital EU agricultural subsidies and the arrival of … he argued would overwhelm Hungarian farmers and depress local wages. … voting. “If the EU switches to qualified majority … .
Despite geopolitical instability and EU tensions, Prime Minister Orbán …
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Farm subsidy probe a new thorn for governement
21 Jun 2025 08:04 GMT
… of two former agriculture ministers in subsidy fraud, as … Office case targets former agriculture ministers Makis Voridis … irregularities in the OPEKEPE agricultural payment organization.
The … million euros in questioned EU subsidies.
Government sources told …
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Former agriculture ministers probed over EU funds
20 Jun 2025 06:58 GMT
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A case file involving former agriculture ministers Makis Voridis and Lefteris … ) probe into alleged misuse of EU agricultural funds.
The investigation identified potential … OPEKEPE, the Greek agency for farm subsidies. Voridis denied any wrongdoing, asserting …
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Nutri-Score and the Factory Farm Illusion
20 Jun 2025 16:10 GMT
… more consolidated. Yet the EU continues to invest political … fits perfectly with factory farming conditions.
An outdated … expansion of intensive livestock farms, producing tens of … : in supporting sustainable farming, reforming subsidies, regulating marketing to …
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Hands off our money, farmers say as EU plans budget shake-up
20 Jun 2025 14:14 GMT
… the EU budget. For decades this money has subsidized farms … and supported rural communities. Farmers argue … Serafin recently reassured farmers that direct subsidies, currently worth … cash away from agriculture.
Farm leaders argue any …
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Brussels reviews Greece’s 2024 agricultural subsidies
19 Jun 2025 18:01 GMT
… review of Greece’s 2024 agricultural subsidies by year-end, following … -states fined for poor subsidy management during 2016-2023, … controlling expenditure under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), while … sound management of the EU budget.
The June 11 …
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EU Plans to Bypass Hungary in Ukraine Accession Debate, Warns Fidesz MEP
20 Jun 2025 10:29 GMT
… s plenary debate on EU enlargement, Csaba Dömötör … also confirmed that certain European Union markets would be opened … member states, and how agricultural subsidies would be cut,” said … calculations of the relevant EU parliamentary committee, cohesion funding …
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Ghana Poultry Farmers Urge Policy Reforms to Cut Reliance on Imports
20 Jun 2025 10:16 GMT
… capable, together with other poultry farmers’ associations, of meeting the … the EU, where producers benefit from subsidies. In contrast, local farmers face … stakeholders to discuss strategies for agricultural transformation.
With global food insecurity …
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MEP: Commission to use legal means to stifle dissenting voices against Ukraine's accession to EU
20 Jun 2025 09:41 GMT
… the European Union.
Speaking to Hungarian journalists after the EP debate on EU … fall by 24 percent and farm subsidies by at least 15 percent …
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EU Prosecutors Implicate Two Greek Ex-Ministers in Farm Subsidies Scandal
20 Jun 2025 05:08 GMT
… European Union funds via OPEKEPE.
OPEKEPE is the agency responsible for administering EU agricultural subsidies … to Greek farmers. The government … revelations over fraud with EU farm subsidies.
“The EPPO has …