Brussels, 15/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - The French Presidency is planning to submit a compromise to the EU Council of Ministers in December 2008 on the common agricultural policy (CAP) “healthcheck” but this will be a tall order. At a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday 15 July 2008, many EU member state fishing ministers criticised the initial proposals of EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel to increase the modulation of direct aid (reducing premiums and spending, and using the...