Brussels, 28/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - In similar vein to the last Council, it was new aid linked to environmentally friendly farming practices (crop diversification, maintaining permanent grassland, maintaining biodiversity and ecological focus areas) and the new allocation of aid among countries that attracted the most criticism when EU experts discussed the impact assessment of the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP) on Monday 24 October.
At the Special Committee on...