On Monday 15 October, many of the EU agriculture ministers meeting in Luxembourg took the view that the new model for implementation of rules for the future common agricultural policy (CAP) was too complex.
Ministers will struggle to reach a common position by end December on CAP post-2020. Several ministers (including from Spain, Poland, Ireland and France) called for the farm budget to be maintained over the period 2021-2027, while the European Commission is banking on a 5% reduction in...