One third of the EU's total budget is spent on agricultural support.

Omissions

• The MEP did not specify a time period; the one-third figure appears to be outdated or inaccurate. According to European Parliament data from 2023, agricultural spending represented a quarter of total EU spending.
• The claim may be based on historical figures - the CAP once represented a larger share of the budget (around 60-70% in the 1970s-1980s, declining to about 40% in the 2000s), but has been significantly below one third in recent years.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission - CAP expenditureCAP expenditure has declined from around 60-70% of the EU budget in the 1970s-1980s to approximately 26-28% in recent years.
• SecondaryEuropean Parliament - EU agriculture policy in numbersThe money for farming represented a quarter of the total EU spending in 2023.