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Alan Matthews

Dublin
As seen in: Color Research & Application, The Irish Times, Irish Independent, CountryWide RTÉ Radio 1, Irish Examiner, RTÉ Radio 1 - FM (Ireland), Baseball America, Clean Energy Wire, KCBY-TV (North Bend, OR), Intereconomics Magazine
Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland with interests in agricultural policy, trade, climate and Brexit.
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Financing accession for new Member States

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By Alan Matthews
| capreform.eu
At the end of June, the Commission presented a Communication with a draft financial package for the accession negotiations with Montenegro for debate in the Council. This is the first step in concluding Chapter 33 on financial and budgetary provisions in the accession negotiations.
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Incentivising climate action in Irish agriculture and land use

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By Alan Matthews
| capreform.eu
Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of giving an invited talk at the Irish Environment Protection Agency’s annual Climate Change Conference 2026 in Dublin. My topic was “Incentivising climate action in the agriculture and land use sectors”. Irish agriculture has shown a steady improvement in emissions intensity, but almost no reduction in absolute emissions since 1990.
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The Commission’s proposal to replace the ‘active farmer’ definition appears more bureaucratic

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By Alan Matthews
| capreform.eu
There are two parallel debates taking place in this CAP reform round under the general rubric of targeting, or who deserves support. One issue is around the definition of an active farmer. The other is that support should be targeted on farmers in need. In this post, I want to focus on the changes proposed by the Commission in the way active farmers are defined. Active farmers in the current Regulation are a sub-set of all farmers.
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