Opposed from the outset to the introduction of national plans in the European Union’s next long-term budget (see EUROPE B13682A1), the EPP and S&D groups in the European Parliament called on Tuesday 7 October for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and cohesion policy to be excluded.
“Can we guarantee a common market if the Member States can define their own rules on agriculture?” asked the chair of the EPP group in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber. For months now, the S&D has...