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[–] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, the CAP has required reforming for 40 years. I'd given up hope way before they spent all of our net contribution on poorly implemented and failed biodiversity policies, according to the EU's own auditors.

https://www.arc2020.eu/cap-billions-spent-on-biodiversity-with-little-impact-auditors/

The CFP is also a cluster fuck that's based on fish quotas to satisfy boats, not fish. The bycatch and discards are a decades long failure. The herring population is about to collapse as a result, and over 10k dolphins are killed each and every year.

https://www.intrafish.com/fisheries/critical-northeast-atlantic-herring-stock-at-risk-of-collapse-warns-msc/2-1-1527500?zephr_sso_ott=dw7lvo

https://seas-at-risk.org/press-releases/european-commission-must-stop-france-and-spain-from-killing-thousands-of-dolphins-warn-ngos/