I didn't say "compared to other large economies", I said it was protectionist in itself, which it is yes, the CAP was a product of its time, but it's still the

I didn't say "compared to other large economies", I said it was protectionist in itself, which it is yes, the CAP was a product of its time, but it's still there, it still makes up a huge 39% of the budget[1] (down from 79%, true), and the external tariffs on agriculture average out to a whopping 18% if this isn't protectionism, what is? [1]: https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/sites/agriculture/files/cap-post-2013/graphs/graph1_en.pdf https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/sites/agriculture/files/cap...