The new European Commission, the European Union’s executive body, will soon be tasked with “simplifying” agricultural regulations within the Union. “The Commission is taking strong and swift action to support our farmers at a time when they are facing many challenges and concerns,” explained Ursula von der Leyen, the current President of the European Commission.

What this German politician calls “simplification measures” are in fact deregulation efforts linked to agricultural subsidies. Following massive farmer protests this year, the European Union has scaled back most of its ambitions for agricultural reform, just four years after this same Commission presented them to great fanfare.

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