Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) measures designed to boost the competitiveness of winegrowers are weak in terms of their design and implementation, and fail to meet the CAP’s environmental objectives, criticised the Court of Auditors on Monday 25 September in a special report on the restructuring and planting of vineyards in the EU.
Every year, Europe pays out some 500 million euros to winegrowers to help them restructure their vineyards and boost their competitiveness. Since 2016, they...