Experts from the EU Member States, who are preparing for the Agriculture Council on 18 March, reiterated on Monday 25 February their differences on several important aspects of the proposal on post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) strategic plans, such as the reduction of payments or coupled support (see EUROPE 12194).
The Commission proposes that payments per farm should be reduced as of €60,000 and capped at €100,000, but with the obligation to deduct labour costs (wages and...