If China Had Taken €71 Million in EU Farm Subsidies, France Would Have Acted Immediately

The cross-border investigation by DeSmog in partnership with The Guardian, El Diario and G4Media found subsidiaries linked to the Al Nahyan royal family and an Emirati sovereign wealth fund received more than €71 million in Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments between 2019 and 2024 across Romania, Italy and Spain. The probe identified roughly 110 payments […]
In 15 Years, the UAE’s Al Nahyan Family Built a Global Farm Empire — €71 Million of It on EU Subsidies

In just 15 years, the UAE’s ruling Al Nahyan family has transformed a desert‑locked food‑import dependency into a global farming empire stretching across four continents. Now a new investigation shows that €71 million of European taxpayer money has quietly helped finance part of that expansion inside the European Union itself. The story is not just […]