Brussels, 06/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - On 4 July, the European Parliament made some slight changes to the Commission's proposal concerning application of the direct payments regime for the year 2013, which comes under the 2014-2020 financial framework under negotiation. Contrary to what had been suggested by the Commission, MEPs said that the United Kingdom should be authorised to continue to transfer additional funds to rural development via voluntary modulation. They also felt that the new...