Brussels, 25/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Monday 25 February, most of the “old” countries of the EU gave a reasonably positive welcome to the text of the Irish Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers on the “à la carte” internal convergence of direct agricultural aid. Internal convergence aims to bring in a single fixed-rate payment for farmers in each of the member states. It appears that, with such a flexible internal convergence system, there is something to the...