SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

European Green Deal objectives are still far from being achieved, according to INRAE

Brussels, 01/12/2020 (Agence Europe)

European agriculture is not on track to meet the European Green Deal objectives, according to an INRAE study commissioned by the European Parliament and presented to the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture on Monday 30 November.

The authors of the study made recommendations for the CAP to achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal, such as applying more strictly the ‘polluter-pays principle’, which underpins cross-compliance, with “payments for climate and...