Brussels, 23/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - After a marathon vote on Wednesday 23 January, the committee on agriculture of the European Parliament took position in favour of a greener and fairer common agriculture policy (CAP), in its adoption of the report by Luis Capoulas Santos (S&D, Portugal) on direct payments to farmers. “The S&D group has managed to get on top of the Conservative amendments and to obtain changes which we feel are essential”, Luis Capoulas Santos commented.
Greening of...