Aigner: "The agreement on the new EU financial framework until 2020 is a solid foundation for ambiti
date:Apr 03, 2013
Federal Agriculture Minister welcomes the outcome of EU summit: direct payments to be more closely linked to environmental performance.

Federal Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner has welcomed the deal struck by the Heads of State and Government on the future EU budget. The compromise reached on Friday on the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) earmarks a budget of 960 billion for the 2014-2020 period. Despite the general need for austerity, unilateral cut-backs to the agricultural budget were

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