In the first votes, which began on Tuesday 20 October, the European Parliament adopted, by a large majority (more than two-thirds), compromise amendments, each involving three groups, on important elements of the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), including compulsory eco-schemes that amount to at least 30% of direct payments (see EUROPE B12585A2).
A motion to reject the CAP texts, tabled by the Greens/EFA group, was rejected (by 503 votes to 166, with 22 abstentions).
Although...