The Commission is aiming to chop almost [euro]l5bn off farmers' payments from 2006 to 2012 in order to withhold the CAP within its budgetary limits and help find currency for enlargement.

The Commission is aiming to chop almost [euro]l5bn off farmers' payments from 2006 to 2012 in order to withhold the CAP within its budgetary limits and help find currency for enlargement, rural development schemes and further sectoral reforms.

EU farm Commissioner Franz Fischler had previously indicated more ambitious plans to trim direct aid payments and siphon all the savings