On Wednesday 13 September, 43 MEPs from several of the European Parliament’s political groups asked Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski to agree to extend until 2024 derogations from compliance with certain environmental rules of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
The MEPs in question, including France’s Irène Tolleret (Renew Europe) and Anne Sander (EPP), are thus joining the dozen or so EU countries in favour of extending, next year, exemptions to Good Agricultural...