06/06/2018 (Agence Europe) – The proposals on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020 establish animal welfare as an objective under the policy’s first pillar (direct aid). “This step forward for animals is however uncertain since Member States are offered more flexibility in defining subsidy priorities”, argues the NGO Eurogroup for Animals in a press release published on Tuesday 5 June (see EUROPE 12033, 12032). “Without being obliged, it is unlikely that Member States...