Boel urges internet debate on CAP

AN INTERNET debate on the health check of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is being urged by European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer Boel.

Farmers, environmentalists, consumers and non-governmental organisations have been invited to share their opinions. In order to ensure a broad and open debate, the European Commission has launched a special website for the health check and called two conferences.

A general stakeholders’ hearing yesterday dealt with all the relevant topics covered and on January 11 a special conference on the future of the dairy sector will take place.