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True or false: is 80% of European aid paid to the richest farmers?
Environmentalist senator Yannick Jadot affirmed this weekend on Franceinfo that 80% of European aid is paid to the richest farmers. Monday January 22, journalist Luc Brisson from the True or False unit verified this figure. – (franceinfo)
Environmentalist senator Yannick Jadot affirmed this weekend on Franceinfo that 80% of European aid is paid to the richest farmers. Monday January 22, journalist Luc Brisson from the True or False unit verified this figure.
On the set of 19/20 info, Monday January 22, journalist Luc Brisson from the True or False cell first recalls that environmentalist senator Yannick Jadot is talking about “the CAP, the common agricultural policy, which provides aid to farmers in different European countries”. “This aid is distributed according to the number of hectares of the farm”, he explains. The more surface area a farmer has, the more aid he will receive. Louis Brisson found the figure mentioned by Yannick Jadot in a 2021 Ministry of Agriculture report.
Less concentration in France
According to it, in the European Union, the 20% of largest farmers own 83% of agricultural land and receive 81% of European aid. “So, Yannick Jadot is right. The vast majority of European aid is in the hands of the biggest farmers, but it is ultimately quite logical given how Europe works”, indicates the journalist. At the level of France, “this ratio is lower because we have a lesser concentration of agricultural land”, also underlines Luc Brisson. In France, 20% of the largest farmers own 52% of agricultural land and thus receive 35% of European aid.
