Brussels, 20/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - EU agriculture ministers were divided in Brussels on Monday 18 July over the extent to which the greening of direct payments have to be simplified (EUROPE 11583).
At a press conference, German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt was sceptical of the measures presented by the Commission to simplify greening rules. He talked about them being one step forward, two steps back. He criticised the measure banning the use of pesticides in ecological focus...