Frenchman Henri Brichart, Vice-President of both COPA and the FNSEA (Fédération nationale des syndicats d'exploitants agricoles, in France), was this week elected chairman of the EU civil dialogue group on the common agricultural policy (CAP) in Brussels for a one-year term of office to help steer discussions on the future CAP (see EUROPE 11683).
“The CAP is an essential part of farmers’ lives. It’s important that we can enter into dialogue with the EU Commission and other...