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Revealed: billionaires are ‘ultimate beneficiaries’ linked to €3bn of EU farming subsidies (www.theguardian.com)

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Billionaires were “ultimate beneficiaries” linked to €3.3bn (£2.76bn) of EU farming handouts over the four-year period even as thousands of small farms were closed down, according to the analysis of official but opaque data from EU member states.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Wow, what a huge surprise.

[–] Lemmynated 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But what about all those farmers protesting against doing anything about climate change?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They just want cheaper fuel. Don't mind giving up human rights, nature or habitable climate, education...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago