Midlands MEP Warns EU Budget Cuts Could Short Change Young Farmers

Ciaran Mullooly feels farmers of the next generation are being failed.

The Irish Government is being accused of turning its back on young farmers over proposed cuts to the EU's long-term budget.

Midlands-North-West MEP Ciaran Mullooly says the Irish EU Presidency's negotiating proposals, which include an 8% budget reduction, will short-change farmers and rural communities.

He says the proposals are failing the next generation of farmers:

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