The European Parliament delegation expressed regret on Wednesday 31 May at the Council’s failure to reach a compromise on the revision of organic farming rules (see EUROPE 11797).
At a press conference in Brussels, rapporteur Martin Häusling (Greens/EFA, Germany) called on the Council to return to the negotiating table, arguing that talks should not have to start again from scratch. He called for initiatives from the European Commission, which, he said, “has its hands on the levers of...