Common Agricultural Policy

Saturday, August 29, 2026

Rethinking the CAP

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Alan Matthews reports: ' My article "Reimagining the Common Agricultural Policy: Competing Rationales for the CAP after 2027" ...
Sunday, August 16, 2026

Iceland's CAP dilemma

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Voting intentions are on a knife edge as Iceland heads for its referendum on whether even to restart talks with the EU on membership.  Secur...
Thursday, August 06, 2026

Why does food system reform stall?

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Professor Alan Matthews gave the presidential address at the 100th conference of the Society of Agricultural Economics held in Oxford earlie...
Friday, July 24, 2026

Heatwave hits grain harvest

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Europe’s June heatwave wiped more than €2bn from the value of its grain crop, according to new analysis, with France and Hungary bearing the...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

UAE royal family benefits from CAP payments

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Professor Alan Matthews highlights ‘An impressive piece of investigative journalism. It not only adds support for the Commission's propo...
Wednesday, May 06, 2026

Is the influence of the farm lobby weakening?

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 The Financial Times has a major article this morning on the CAP as discussions take place on the next iteration of the CAP.   And who is in...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

EU budget discussions reach critical stage

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Professor Alan Matthews looks critically at multi-year EU budget proposals which have reached the European Parliament:  https://capreform.eu...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Has leaving the CAP been good for English farm policy?

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The Economist  thinks that getting rid of the Common Agricultural Policy has led to a more effective farm policy in England so it is one exa...
Friday, March 06, 2026

CAP will be tricky subject if Iceland joins EU

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The news that Iceland is to hold a referendum on joining the EU in August reminds us that, apart from fisheries, agriculture is likely to be...
Thursday, March 05, 2026

CAP budget stays stable but different winners and losers

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Professor Alan Matthews writes:'The likely size of the CAP budget in the next programming period 2028-2034 has been highly contentious s...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Manure crisis hits Dutch farmers

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Just before Christmas, Dutch farmers received long-feared news from Brussels: they would have to drastically cut the amount of manure they p...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Weather in Soutrhern Europe hits food supplies

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Fence to keep out wild boar on a family member's farm in Spain Voters and consumers particularly react to food price inflation which has...

Member states to do more on CAP, EU institutions less

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Interesting blog post recommended by Professor Alan Matthews:  https://capreform.eu/institutional-reform-will-shape-the-next-cap/ This autho...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Where are farm incomes heading?

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Summary of key insights on farm income trends from a recent study commissioned by the Agri Committee of the European Parliament:  https://ww...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

The case for a protein crop stategy

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 Professor Alan Matthews writes: 'The Protein Project has just published this beautifully-produced report with detailed analysis and rec...
Monday, February 09, 2026

France becomes net importer of agriculture products

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France has become a net importer of agricultural products for the first time in almost a decade, prompting warnings that the competitiveness...
Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Winners and losers from new funding formula

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Professor Alan Matthew  writes: ‘There is great interest in what the Commission's MFF proposal and the subsequent modifications announce...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

My cow is a stranded asset

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A 'stranded asset' in the Azores.   Remote and peripheral areas may find a shift in diets particularly challenging. As consumers shi...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

Mercosur deal upsets French farmers

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The EU made some last minute concessions on agriculture to get the trade pact with Mercosur signed after 26 years, but farmers are still not...
Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Can the EU borrow the money it needs?

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Professor Alan Matthews looks at the EU's capacity to borrow in the light of the new budgetary framework:  https://capreform.eu/the-role...
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I started supporting Charlton in 1953 when my father took me to a game (my mother came sometimes as well). My father was born in North Woolwich in 1908 and had been a Charlton supporter since the 1920s when an older cousin took him. He raised the admission fee by looking after horses while deliveries were made. I now live in Leamington in Warwickshire, but remain a season ticket holder, as was my late wife. Visitors to my CAP blog may be confused by this but, as well as being a Charlton supporter, I am expert on the CAP and the political economy of the food chain. I am also a frequent commentator for UK and international print and broadcast media and wire services on British politics, hence my new blog on the subject.
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