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The new financial framework for the CAP approved by the summit will not hinder the "Fischler reform", but on the contrary, makes it all the more necessary

Cautious optimism. Will the financial framework for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to 2013, approved by the EU Summit on 25 October, facilitate or, on the contrary, hinder revision of this policy? Will it allow, in spite of its restrictive character, proper financing of the reoriented CAP and appropriate protection of European agriculture? The European Commissioners with responsibility for the CAP and trade policy have already contributed to reflection on these questions (see our...