The EU institutions were unable to make progress on organic farming on Wednesday 8 March (see EUROPE 11741 and 11726).
Despite the amended mandate of the Maltese Presidency of the Council to help find a compromise with the European Parliament delegation, discussions in Wednesday’s trialogue meeting became bogged down. The next trialogue is scheduled for 22 March and many differences remain.
On Wednesday, the parties made progress only on databases, according to a source. The sensitive...