date:Jan 04, 2013
Reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is unlikely to happen for at least another two years because MEPs and the European Commission (EC) are struggling to agree on the budget, it has emerged.
The EC wants to move away from production-related subsidies to farmer subsidies based more on environmental stewardship. However, resistance is coming from elected members in a number of Member States (MS) who fear reform proposals on 'greening' are going too far. They say farming must be pro