EU agriculture ministers, meeting in Brussels on Monday 12 December, acknowledged the current stalemate on organic farming (see EUROPE 11684 and 11683).
European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan felt, nonetheless, that the issue was not deadlocked and that discussion must continue in order to find a solution under the Maltese presidency of the Council in the first half of 2017. “I’m not going to withdraw the proposal and I call on the institutions to show flexibility”, he said.
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