The European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen from Luxembourg, made a fairly good impression at his hearing of just over three hours before MEPs in Brussels on Monday 4 November, calling for a “strong budget” for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2027 and pledging to review certain rules of the Common Market Organisation (CMO) and the Unfair Trading Practices Directive.
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