Romania, Spain, Italy Paid the Al Nahyan Family €71 Million. What Did France Know?
A cross-border investigation has exposed how subsidiaries controlled by the UAE’s ruling Al Nahyan family pocketed over €71 million in EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) subsidies between 2019 and 2024 for farmland in Romania, Spain, and Italy. These payments, totaling 110 transactions linked to the family’s network and Abu Dhabi’s ADQ sovereign wealth fund, went […]
Who Works the Al Nahyan Family’s EU Farms? €71 Million in Subsidies — and No Transparency on Labour Conditions
A cross-border investigation found that companies linked to the UAE’s ruling Al Nahyan family received more than €71 million in EU farm subsidies between 2019 and 2024, spread across 110 payments for farmland in Romania, Italy and Spain. The largest recipient identified was Agricost in Romania, a 57,000-hectare farm that reportedly received €10.5 million in […]
French NGOs Were Right About the CAP for Years. The Al Nahyan Family’s €71 Million Proves It
The Al Nahyan case is a stark, evidence-rich illustration of structural flaws critics have long documented in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): concentration of payments at the top, weak beneficiary transparency, area‑based incentives that reward scale rather than public goods, and inadequate member‑state controls that allow international capital to capture EU funds. The cross‑border investigative […]
Six Years. 110 Payments. €71 Million to the UAE. Not One EU Institution Noticed
Over six years, the Al Nahyan family—ruling dynasty of Abu Dhabi and key figures in the UAE—received €71 million in EU agricultural subsidies through 110 separate payments routed via obscure Cypriot holding companies and opaque ownership chains. This scandal, uncovered not by watchdogs like OLAF or the European Court of Auditors but by a cross-border […]
