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CAP budget facing more pressure as eastern European farmers protest over 'low' payments
The tax avoidance drive has included a ruling that Ireland recover €13bn from iPhone maker Apple. Stock picture
The CAP budget is coming under more pressure, as eastern European farmers call for increased farm payments.
Farmers from Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Czech and Slovak Republics took to the streets of Brussels today demanding a fair CAP.
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