Translate the following English sentence to French:
"However, the European agricultural budget is also experiencing a period of austerity, even though outwardly it appears to have grown by 7%."
Mais il est vrai que le budget agricole européen, lui, connaît l'austérité. Même si, apparemment, il augmente de 7 %, les revenus agricoles baissent et cette augmentation de 7 % est une illusion.