🚜🇪🇺 We face a 24% cut to the next CAP. I’ve identified a practical way to close the gap: frontload the €48bn Mercosur concessions and ringfence the €45bn in rural funding that would otherwise be dispersed into a wider pot.
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Barry Cowen MEP
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Member of the European Parliament for the Midlands North-West constituency | @fiannafailparty | @reneweurope
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🏅🐾 Winner alright, winner alright ! Thanks for all the well wishes on the dog - delighted that he won the final of his Dundalk sprint competition tonight !!
🐾🏅 Watch: Barry’s latest greyhound as an owner is well & truly a family affair!
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✈️🇮🇪 Delighted to fly back from Brussels yesterday to join a panel on generational renewal at the ICOS National Conference 2026 in Naas.
📹 Watch: This week, I hosted major events on Women in Farming (marking European Gender Equality Week) and the EU-Australia trade deal, met with farming & fishery reps visiting from Ireland and updated Cllrs from across the North-West on my work.
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