Brussels wants to cut subsidies for large farms, Czechia vows resistance
The European Union plans to reduce direct payments to very large agricultural holdings from 2028 and introduce an upper cap on support for each of them. Some Czech farms could lose millions of crowns a year as a result, and Prague announces fierce opposition.
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In brief
- The European Union plans to cap subsidies for large agricultural holdings from 2028, introducing an upper limit on support for them.
- Some Czech farms could lose millions of crowns per year.
- The Czech Republic is calling for member states to set the limit themselves and for subsidies to companies owned by the same owner not to be aggregated.
- No decision has been made yet.
Plan to cut subsidies
Brussels wants to significantly reduce subsidies for the largest agricultural entities in the Union from 2028. Each of them would have a set upper limit on support (Brusel chce velkým farmám seškrtat dotace. Česko se ostře brání – Novinky.cz.
Impact on Czech farms
As the Czech portal Novinky.cz indicates, some Czech farms could lose millions of crowns per year after the limit is introduced. This concerns primarily holdings of very large production scale.
Czech position
The Czech Republic opposes the proposal. Prague demands that each member state decide the level of the limit itself, and that subsidies for companies belonging to one owner not be aggregated. This second issue is of particular importance, because many large Czech farms operate within a structure of several companies linked to the same owner.
State of work
No decision has been made. The proposal remains under discussion, and the final shape of the regulations depends on further negotiations in the Union.
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