On Thursday 31 August, the European Commission turned a deaf ear to calls for an extension until 2024 of the derogations granted to certain environmental rules under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
These derogations from the rules on crop rotation and the use of set-aside land were granted for 2023 amid fears of a shortage of grain following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Appearing before the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee, Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz...