date:Apr 03, 2013
g way short of what is required in order to offset the additional red tape to be faced by farmers, in particular. We need to step up our efforts. European farmers are waiting impatiently for the European Commission to present effective proposals for simplification. We want an agricultural policy that focuses more strongly on environmental and nature conservation. What is very important to me in all this is that an unavoidable additional burden is being offset elsewhere because our farmers and al