The European Commission is expected to open a three-month public consultation on 2 February on the shape the common agricultural policy should take after 2020, when the EU’s current multiannual financial framework (MFF) comes to an end (see EUROPE 11683).
In a speech delivered at “Green Week” in Berlin on Thursday 19 January, European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan said that the Commission will publish a communication on the future of the CAP before the end of the year. To this...