• An investigation reveals that the UAE’s ruling Al Nahyan family has collected over €71 million in EU subsidies for farmland in Romania, Italy, and Spain.
  • The subsidies come from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which makes up a third of the EU budget.
  • The largest payment goes to Romanian company Agricost, which owns the EU’s largest farm of 57,000 hectares.
  • Campaigners express alarm that an autocratic regime like the UAE benefits from EU subsidies.
  • The European Commission has proposed capping payments per farm at €100,000 annually in the next CAP cycle from 2028 to 2034.

Sources & Links