Role of Community institutions. Any changes to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) should be the result of broad consensus within the EU - Community institutions and member states. In this column yesterday, I criticised what I felt was a “lack of vision” on the part of the European Agriculture Commissioner, who all too often brings up outdated commonplaces. This does not mean that the Commission as a whole cannot do better. Its first preparatory document on the CAP “Health Check” is...