CAP REFORM
May 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORN
CRUCIAL negotiations to reform the EU's common agricultural policy will resume next Wednesday after France effectively vetoed a compromise deal on Thursday night following nearly a week of talks. Britain and five other Member States had approved the deal which involved a scaling down of original European Commission plans to "decouple" payments to farmers from production.
CRUCIAL negotiations to reform the EU's common agricultural policy will resume next Wednesday after France effectively vetoed a compromise deal on Thursday night following nearly a week of talks. Britain and five other Member States had approved the deal which involved a scaling down of original European Commission plans to "decouple" payments to farmers from production.
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