A much more boring title than the article’s original one I must say. An article on EU farmers and farm subsidies, those wretched things holding the bloc back due to the unabashed rent seeking of the most coddled class in the union. It’s critical for the EU to tackle the problem of farmers if they want to compete with the other major players on the global stage. As mentioned in the article
> “How can we move forward investing in research and innovation if we are still spending so much on the old economy?” counters one EU diplomat. “How can we reduce dependencies if we can’t do trade deals because of the concerns of a small subset of farmers?”
Their political influence needs to be reduced so that trade can be had and progress can be made.
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A much more boring title than the article’s original one I must say. An article on EU farmers and farm subsidies, those wretched things holding the bloc back due to the unabashed rent seeking of the most coddled class in the union. It’s critical for the EU to tackle the problem of farmers if they want to compete with the other major players on the global stage. As mentioned in the article
> “How can we move forward investing in research and innovation if we are still spending so much on the old economy?” counters one EU diplomat. “How can we reduce dependencies if we can’t do trade deals because of the concerns of a small subset of farmers?”
Their political influence needs to be reduced so that trade can be had and progress can be made.
!ping EU