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EU farm subsidies: who's benefiting?

Is the European farm subsidy system being left vulnerable to corruption?

Is the European farm subsidy system being left vulnerable to corruption? Each year the EU pays out billions of euros to landowners. But a New York Times investigation found that in parts of Eastern Europe, EU farm subsidies have created what it calls a "new kind of feudalism". We speak to the New York Times investigative reporter Matt Apuzzo, and we hear a response from the European Commission's agricultural policy spokesperson Daniel Rosario.

Producer: Joshua Thorpe.

(Picture: A combine harvester on a corn field. Credit: Getty Images).

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Mon 17 Feb 2020 13:32GMT

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