The European Commission wants to give national governments more flexibility in how they implement the EU's long-controversial common agriculture policy.
"We have concluded that a one-size-fits-all approach to implementation is not always appropriate for a union of 500 million citizens," said EU agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan at a press conference on Wednesday (29 November).
"There has been a lot of criticism in relation to complexity of policy and the manner in which it has b...
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