On Monday 23 June, the agriculture ministers of the EU Member States once again insisted on their desire to retain decision-making powers over the proposed simplification of the rules governing the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
This ‘omnibus’ text falls within the remit of the General Affairs Council, as do other similar simplification texts (see EUROPE B13640A8).
“This is a political problem that reduces the Member States’ ability to act”, protested Luis Planas, the Spanish...