Brussels, 20/11/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 20 November, after 20 hours of negotiations, EU agriculture ministers reached a qualified majority political agreement on the common agricultural policy (CAP) health check. Latvia said that, because of the differences in subsidy levels between old and new member states, it could not support the compromise texts, and some delegations could abstain when it comes to formally adopting the regulations.
From the end of 2012, apart from the...