Brussels, 31/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - At their meeting in Brussels on 30 May, the EU Member States' farm ministers reached political agreement on the proposal on the financing of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2007-2013. The only country to vote against was Italy, for motives connected with its domestic account clearing legislation (see Europe No. 8957).
The President of the Agriculture Council, Fernand Boden, said that in a difficult political context, the Luxembourg Presidency...