Brussels, 15/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - “We can achieve much greater economy in rural development by keeping costs under control. Each 1 % saving would result in €500 million of total benefit by 2020”, said Kevin Cardiff, Court of Auditors member responsible for the report on rural development (2007-2013) that was presented on Monday 15 December.
Member states implemented around half of the €100 billion EU rural development expenditure programmed for 2007-2013 by awarding grants...