"The European Commission is planning an overhaul of their agricultural policies."
This is another clear case where socialist theory is again proved unworkable. As long as agriculture is in the hands of bureaucrats it will continue to barely muddle along.
For over 75 years the criminals in the Kremlin with total power over people, prices, wages, materials and all of the means of production and distribution could not find a way to do what a 7-11 Convenience store located in the remotest corner of Idaho could do: Meet demand with supply and make a profit!
But of course, the European Commission have never been to Idaho.
I'm in total agreement with your post #3.
I'll only add what, to me, is one of the key statements in the article:
>>> It could see the EU partner national governments and regions to channel grants.>>>
Still more agencies involved that way, and the money gets eaten up by government workers. And still more confusion in making decisions and relating them to the farmers. Government red tape. Money wasted. This is partially what caused starvation in the USSR, and the fall of the communist government.