A French farmer shovels feed, in this picture taken January 25, 2013, for his Holstein dairy cows on his farm in Seranvillers Forenville, northern France. France faces the awkward prospect of walking away from this week's European Union summit having accepted a cut in the the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) agricultural spending for the next seven years. The CAP accounts for 39 percent of total EU spending of 150 billion euros. In 2011, France alone took nearly 17 percent of the farm budget and nearly 20 percent of the direct payments to farmers which it most wants to safeguard. Picture taken January 25, 2013 REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE - Tags: AGRICULTURE ANIMALS BUSINESS)