Negotiations on the new Common Agricultural Policy will continue in Brussels next year

At the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on Monday, EU agriculture ministers agreed that further negotiations on the details of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) were needed and that an informed decision could only be taken after the next EU budget was adopted.

At the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 16 December, EU agriculture ministers discussed the progress report presented by the Finnish EU Presidency summarizing the results of the last six months of the CAP reform negotiations. (AM Press Office)