At their meeting in Luxembourg on Monday 3 April, EU agriculture ministers provided confirmation of the difficulties they are facing in trying to come to a compromise on the so-called omnibus regulation (see EUROPE 11758), which contains provisions to simplify the rules of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan felt that there was some agreement on the compromise text put by the Maltese Presidency and hopes that it will be possible to finalise everything in...