Brussels, 13/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - A report published on Tuesday 13 May by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) reveals that the EU has been only partially successful in integrating water policy goals into the common agricultural policy (CAP). The audit highlighted weaknesses in the two instruments currently used to integrate water concerns into the CAP (namely cross-compliance and rural development).
To give an example: the polluter-pays principle has not been incorporated into the CAP...