EU Agriculture Commissioner Hansen: 'Protests against CAP budget cuts would be absolutely understandable.'

Whether EU Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen will be able to save farmers from budget cuts in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) remains to be seen. However, it is already clear that reducing bureaucracy will be a recurring theme throughout his term of office. Nevertheless, climate and environmental action should not fall victim to the simplification package he presented this week, he says in an interview with Table.Briefings.