The Common Agricultural Policy was funded with about €400 billion in the current 2021-2027 multiannual budget, but about €100 billion has been taken from it, leaving about €300 billion.
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- The first part of the claim is approximately correct: the CAP for 2021-2027 is €386.6 billion, close to 'about €400 billion'.
- The €100 billion figure appears in discussions of the next multiannual budget (2028-2034), where the Commission proposes mobilising €100 billion for Ukraine and where over €100 billion in spending cuts, including to farm and regional funding, are under discussion.
- The €300 billion figure does not match the total CAP 2021-2027 allocation; it is closer to the first-pillar EAGF allocation (about €291 billion), so the speaker may be comparing different budget categories or misreading the split between the EAGF and the EAFRD.
- No source found shows a €100 billion reduction from the CAP within the current 2021-2027 MFF.