Brussels, 19/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - Although the audit revealed the existence of good practices, “the weaknesses found by the Court of Auditors have hampered optimal achievement of the main objectives of agri-environment, namely contributing to EU-level priority areas (biodiversity, water, climate change) and improving the environment and the countryside”. The Court of Auditors of the EU came down hard on the effectiveness of the agri-environmental measures of the EU (€2.5 billion a...