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Milk farmers' protests in Brussels last year: the EU is rethinking its farm aid model (Photo: EUobserver)

EU farm proposals emphasize environment

by Andrew Willis, Brussels,

The European Commission has announced reform proposals for the EU's common agriculture policy (CAP), emphasizing the need for greater environmental protection with less divergence in payments between 'old' and 'new' member states.

The non-legislative plans, which contain three options ranging from a limited to a more radical overhaul of the CAP, also call for an upper limit on the size of direct payments to individual farms.

Presenting his much awaited proposals in Brussels on T...

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Milk farmers' protests in Brussels last year: the EU is rethinking its farm aid model (Photo: EUobserver)

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