Brussels, 31/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - In a letter to EU heads of state and government ahead of talks (at the European Council on 6 and 7 February) on the multiannual financial framework 2014-2020, the European agricultural lobby, COPA-COGECA, calls for EU farm spending to be kept at its current level. It warns that further budget cuts would jeopardise food security, growth and employment in the rural areas of the EU which is crucial in the current economic crisis.
In the letter, COPA...