Brussels, 04/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - In efforts to bring the common agricultural policy (CAP) into line with the Lisbon Treaty, member states are having difficulty agreeing on arrangements for setting the various aids and refunds which, under the Treaty, are not matters for the co-decision procedure (Council of Ministers-European Parliament) that previously applied to the CAP. The Commission has brought forward proposals but these are far from being universally accepted.
At the meeting of...