Brussels, 06/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - The Momagri think tank said in a press release on Friday 3 June that the principle innovation among the French ideas at the informal Agriculture Council is the desire to make the common agricultural policy (CAP) more counter-cyclical (see EUROPE 11562).
The proposal that part of the aid paid to farmers should be paid into an account (compulsory precautionary saving) “has the merit of indirectly introducing the idea of counter-cyclical action. But...