The CAP gets leaner, but not greener
Overall CAP spending to fall by 13%.
Appeared in print on 14.02.2013
Government leaders rolled up their sleeves during the summit and got into the mucky business of reforming the Common Agricultural Policy. Or rather, they ensured during the budget negotiations that CAP reform would be severely constrained. In their summit conclusions they issued directions that will inhibit efforts to make the CAP more environmentally friendly and to reward good environmental practice.