date:Jan 04, 2013
tected amid the economic crisis and concerns about food security.
The delays to CAP reform emerged at a Westminster Food and Nutrition Forum conference in London last month. Several speakers were worried that cuts to the EU's budget would inevitably impact on CAP expenditure. CAP spending is around 55bn, which is about 41% of the total EU budget.
Gwilym Jones, who works for EC agriculture commissioner Dacian Ciolo, expressed concern for the EU's ability to deliver its ambitions on the environm