Thursday, 4 December 2008

CAP proposals faulter

France has failed to get unanimous agreement on the future of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) during EU farm ministers' talks in Brussels.
The UK, Sweden and Latvia objected to the final French draft on EU farm policy after 2013.
The CAP farm support scheme is the biggest item of EU spending - absorbing about 55bn euros (£45bn) annually - about 40% of the entire EU budget.

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