date:Jan 04, 2013
avid Cameron has been arguing for cuts to the EU budget, but MS such as France, Germany, Greece, Latvia and Lithuania, which benefit favourably from CAP payments to their farmers are resisting. Even in Britain, the National Farmers Union fears its members could lose out if farmers' transitional payments are hit.
Julie Girling MEP, Conservative spokeswoman on Agriculture and Rural Affairs, rebutted EC accusations that the European Parliament (EP), in which the reform proposals are being debated,