Fazekas: the EU agricultural policy’s reform is expected to be delayed

The Common Agricultural Policy’s (CAP) reform is expected to be delayed, so 2014 can be a transitional year in the EU agricultural funding – Rural Development Minister Fazekas Sándor said at a conference in Berlin on Wednesday.

At his lecture – held at the agri-seminar of the European Academy Berlin (EAB) – the minister stressed that efforts should be made to conclude the reform of CAP and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in th the first half of 2013. This will allow sufficient time to the implementation of the legislations and to prepare the national institutions, but due to the delay in the process the EU should prepare for the introduction of a transitional year as well.   (MTI)