On Tuesday 23 March, the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, which has been given a “robust and more flexible” mandate, said that it hoped to finalise an agreement with the European Parliament on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) by the end of June.
After two days of Council of the EU meetings(see EUROPE B12684A2), Portuguese minister Maria do Céu Antunes stressed that she had obtained the necessary flexibility from the Member States to continue negotiations...