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News & Current Events May 7, 2026 at 10:11 AM

UAE’s ruling royal family benefits from more than €71m in EU farming subsidies | United Arab Emirates

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UAE’s ruling royal family benefits from more than €71m in EU farming subsidies
the Guardian
UAE’s ruling royal family benefits from more than €71m in EU farming subsidies
Al Nahyans’ control over farmland in Europe has meant they receive proportion of payments to farms

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JarvisModeOn May 7, 2026 +22
This clearly illustrates the problem with land-based subsidies. If payments scale mainly with how much land you control, the biggest owners will keep winning, even when the money ends up benefiting foreign state-linked investors instead of ordinary European farmers
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Hairy_Pound_1356 May 7, 2026 +9
Well are they farming shit in the EU?
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MajorMess May 7, 2026
Shit-farmer, yuh know seh dat ah me Snow, mi ah guh blame Ah lick he boom-boom down 'Tective man ah seh, seh dat ah me Snow, mi stab someone down di lane Ah lick he boom-boom down - Snow, 1993
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Hairy_Pound_1356 May 7, 2026 +5
What the f*** even is this comment 
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MajorMess May 7, 2026 +1
It’s a joke. Don’t be scared.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSffz_bl6zo&list=RDTSffz_bl6zo&start_radio=1&pp=ygUNSW5mb3JtZXIgc25vd6AHAQ%3D%3D&ra=m
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Hairy_Pound_1356 May 8, 2026 +3
I still have no idea what this supposed be 
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bio4m May 7, 2026 +12
They own farms in Europe and are getting farm subsidies that any farm owner can get
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ShermansFieldOrder66 May 7, 2026 +10
They shouldn't.
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Ok_Poetry_2696 May 9, 2026 -2
Why? If the condition are met I don't see the issue
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Pharoahtossaway May 7, 2026 +2
Now partner with a USA news corp and investigate the Saudi holdings in Califonia.
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Deditch May 7, 2026 +2
is this not true for all executive leadership of farms that get subsidies? If you want to tie it to executive pay than do so but dont pretend that this isnt how it's supposed to work
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