At a debate in Strasbourg on Wednesday 27 November, MEPs broadly welcomed the content and ambitions of the ‘Budapest Declaration’ on the future of European competitiveness (see EUROPE B13521A2). They did, however, call for more commitments on a number of issues.
Farmers and the need to protect them to guarantee their competitiveness were given a great deal of attention during the debate. As a result, many MEPs called on the European Commission to provide better protection for farmers...