The Agriculture Ministers of the EU countries came out in favour of a rapid agreement on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) during a videoconference meeting on Monday 25 January. However, many of them stressed the need to take account of the EU Council’s position in the current negotiations with the European Parliament and not to make too many concessions on green architecture or the new implementation model (see EUROPE B12641A23).
The Portuguese Presidency of the...