On Monday 17 October in Luxembourg, almost all EU agriculture ministers protested against the European Commission’s plan to reduce Community co-financing for plant health and veterinary programmes in the Member States.
Austria and Hungary, supported by almost all countries, found unacceptable the Commission’s proposals to reduce the EU cofinancing rate for emergency measures to 40% (from 50 or 75%) for all grant agreements not yet signed, to reduce the co-financing rate for national...