Please note that I have updated and revised some of the commentary in this post in a later one here. This later post gives a a more optimistic view of the likely size of the CAP budget though still with caveats. I would urge readers to also read this later post in conjunction with this one. I have left this post online for the record.
The publication of the Commission’s MFF proposals and related legislative proposals on Wednesday 16 July was chaotic, in part it seems because negotiations within the Commission went down to the wire right up to the afternoon of the day of publication.… Read the rest