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Europe's agriculture ministers are meeting in Luxembourg today and tomorrow to negotiate an agreement on the next 7-year EU farm policy, worth around 40% of the bloc's whole budget.
Here's what countries want:
Here's what countries want:
's Luis Planas says there must be a balance between the new green eco-schemes and supporting farmers' incomesHe wants to maintain the same subsidy levels for the Canary Islands, highlights the plight of the bovine sector, and says funding of eco-schemes must be "flexible"
's Julia Klöckner, chairing the meeting, urges ministers to reach a compromise this week, warns that corona might make a physical meeting in November impossible
Klöckner closes her speech, saying: “If we don’t succeed today I don’t think we’ll succeed in any other circumstances which is why we should now let the spirit of Europe move our minds to ensure that we can implement what our taxpayers and citizens want.”
EU farming Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski tells national ministers he is concerned that some of their proposals will weaken the environmental ambition of the new CAP.
He urges them to take the Commission's 2018 proposal into account today.
He urges them to take the Commission's 2018 proposal into account today.
