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- The EU allocated €71 million in Common Agricultural Policy subsidies to companies owned by the UAE’s Al Nahyan royal family.
- The Al Nahyan subsidiaries received the money for farms in Romania, Italy and Spain from 2019 to 2024.
- Human-rights groups warned the funds aid an authoritarian regime that imprisons activists.
- The European Commission proposed capping direct payments at €100,000 per farmer to curb benefits to large landowners.
