Fazekas: the government will have to fight hard for the agricultural subsidies of the farmers

The government will have to fight hard for the agricultural subsidies of the farmers in the new EU budget period starting in 2020 – Fazekas Sándor, Minister of Agriculture said after the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting in Brussels on Tuesday.

The Defence Minister informed MTI by telephone that according to the Hungarian position, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) should be a financially sufficient, strong policy.

He added that it is important that farmers will continue to be the main beneficiaries of EU agricultural policy funds. (MTI, Bajnok Artúr)