Something that annoys me a bit is that Sweden reregulated its agricultural sector in the late 1980ies getting rid of structures that caused over-production while supporting farmers and avoiding lots of factory farming.

This was of course changed again when Sweden entered the EU, and one of the main effects has been huge fallouts to rich landowners.

Yes, the "free market will solve everything" is false but that does not make the CAP a good regulation. And regarding the amount of farmers influence I would say it matters greatly which farmers and what interests you are talking about. European farmers are not a solid bloc.

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