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		<title>The Socialist Revolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://capreform.eu/the-socialist-revolution/bastille/" rel="attachment wp-att-1446"><img src="http://capreform.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/bastille.jpg" alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1446" /></a></a>The European Socialists &#38; Democrats have published a position paper (A NEW CAP beyond 2013 and for a longer view) calling for radical changes: a focus on public goods and social objectives, the merging of all instruments into a single pillar, and the shedding of all rural development measures not directly related to agriculture.]]></description>
		<link>http://capreform.eu/the-socialist-revolution/</link>
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		<title>Sarkozy offers a deal on CAP reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The French President criticises subsidy dependency and calls for a return to community preference]]></description>
		<link>http://capreform.eu/sarkozy-cap-reform-deal/</link>
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		<title>5 March: The circus comes to town</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week's digest of CAP-related news &#038; views]]></description>
		<link>http://capreform.eu/5-march-the-circus-comes-to-town/</link>
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		<title>New Danish farms minister in subsidy storm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s reshuffle of the Danish government included the appointment of a new minister for agriculture: Henrik Høegh. Less than a day into his new job, he is becoming embroiled in a political row over a perceived conflict of interest. The reason? Mr Høegh is a farmer who receives more than sixty thousand euro a year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://capreform.eu/new-danish-farms-minister-in-subsidy-storm/</link>
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		<title>Notes from an Accidental Farmer: Olives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Presidency's proposal on private storage for olive oil gets the Accidental Farmer thinking about the CAP's market control mechanisms. ]]></description>
		<link>http://capreform.eu/casaca-olives/</link>
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		<title>CAP Reform Conversations: Paolo De Castro MEP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jack Thurston talks to Paolo De Castro MEP, chair of the parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.]]></description>
		<link>http://capreform.eu/cap-reform-conversations-paolo-de-castro-mep/</link>
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		<title>NMS farm ministers flex their muscles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Farm ministers from the new member states of central and eastern Europe meet to mount a defence of a large agricultural budget after 2013.]]></description>
		<link>http://capreform.eu/nms-farm-ministers-flex-their-muscles/</link>
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		<title>CAP support levels reach new high</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CAP subsidies as reported to the WTO reached the highest level in ten years in 2006/07 at over €90 billion.]]></description>
		<link>http://capreform.eu/cap-support-levels-reach-new-high/</link>
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		<title>Another day, another declaration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Food Declaration calls for a new agriculture policy based around 'food sovereignty'. ]]></description>
		<link>http://capreform.eu/another-day-another-declaration/</link>
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		<title>Does the CAP fit?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The biggest driver for reform of the CAP is budgetary and the views of member states are critical, since they hold the EU's purse strings. A new analysis of member state positions on the EU budget and the CAP shows that while there is support for reform of the EU budget there is little agreement on what reform actually means.  ]]></description>
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