Brussels, 02/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - After having approved the agreement on the entire reform package for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the European Parliament's agriculture committee agreed on a mandate for the future negotiations with the Council on the transitional provisions to apply in 2014.
Due to opposition from the Greens and Socialists, the proposal by rapporteur Albert Dess (EPP, Germany) to postpone the introduction of greening aid to January 2016 was rejected. Greening...