In a working document dated 8 April and consulted by EUROPE, the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU has presented ideas to advance negotiations with the European Parliament on certain elements of the common agricultural policy (CAP) reform.
With regard to the “redistribution of direct payments from large to small- and medium-sized holdings”, the Portuguese Presidency is proposing a ‘no-backsliding clause’ to ensure that “the volume of funds transferred from large to...