The European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and Rural Development, Janusz Wojciechowski, committed himself on Tuesday 1 October in Brussels to develop a long-term strategy (2050) on EU agriculture, but failed to convince the majority of MEPs of his vision on this policy. He was open to suggestions to "improve the proposals" on the table for the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) (see EUROPE B12337A2).
The Polish candidate for the post of Commissioner in the new Commission,...