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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10603

27 April 2012
SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) agriculture
Reform - Council wants optional support for young farmers

Brussels, 26/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - At their meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday 26 April, a majority of European agriculture ministers requested that support for young farmers and the subsidies regime in favour of small farms should be optional rather than compulsory as the European Commission advocates in the package of proposals on reform of common agricultural policy (CAP). EU countries were divided over keeping some subsidies coupled (i.e. linked to volumes produced), with some wanting...

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SECTORAL POLICY
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
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