Taking part in the “structured dialogue” with the members of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee in Strasbourg late on Monday 15 May, Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan spoke about ways to modernise the common agricultural policy (CAP). He acknowledged that the level of the CAP budget would be a crucial issue. He remained somewhat vague, however, on the future of the CAP and the expected impact of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU.
The last two years “have...