Farming deal ‘too flexible’ but caps largest direct payments

The EU’s freshly agreed agriculture policy reform caps direct payments to the largest farms, but a senior parliamentarian says that flexibility in its enforcement potentially weakens social and green commitments.

Ministers and a negotiating team from the European Parliament finalised a deal on the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2014 to 2020 on Tuesday evening (24 September).

… Full text: www.euractiv.com/cap/farming-deal-flexible-caps-large-news-530699?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=EurActivRSS

Tags: CAP, common agricultural policy, direct payments, farming, Green

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EurAktiv, press release, 2013-09-25.

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European Commission
European Parliament

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