Agriculture ministers gauge progress of CAP reform as Cyprus Presidency signs off

摘要

EU agriculture ministers last week expressed broad satisfaction with their CAP reform discussions in the last six months, though many stressed the need for more talks on various elements of the plans - notably 'greening' and internal convergence of subsidies. Ministers were reacting to a progress report by the outgoing Cyprus Presidency at the Farm Council meeting last week, with the country's minister Sofoclis Aletraris praising the "positive spirit" of negotiations despite no formal common positions having bee*h reached under a 'partial-general' approach.