The proposed measures to simplify the greening of direct aid will not make life easier for farmers, said farmers’ and agri-cooperative organisations in the EU (Copa-Cogeca) in a letter to European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan on Friday 23 September.
The European Commission announced some 15 measures in July to simplify the greening of aid (30% of support conditional on the application of sound agricultural practices). The Slovak Presidency of the Council does not want to open...