On Wednesday 24 February, the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture protested against the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council’s lack of room for manoeuvre in the negotiations on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) strategic plans.
The last trilogue on this issue, which took place on 23 February, saw no progress made (see EUROPE B12659A14).
Committee chair Norbert Lins (EPP, Germany) acknowledged that, on a number of subjects, including definitions (active farmer, grassland...