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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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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Wow, what a huge surprise.

[–] Lemmynated@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago