Brussels, 21/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - The proportion of farmers receiving low amounts of direct payments decreased in 2012 compared with 2011, and the average amount of support paid to farmers as direct payments increased - particularly in the member states that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007.
These are the main conclusions of the European Commission's annual report 2012, published on Friday 21 February, on the distribution of direct payments aming the EU member states. The Commission...