Smith lobbies EU agriculture commissioner on future of CAP

SERIOUS lobbying has been done at the highest levels in Brussels this week on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister Brendan Smith met with the new EU Agriculture Commissioner, Dacian Ciolos, on the fringes of a Council of Ministers meeting.

Mr Smith said he stressed to Commissioner Ciolos the need for a robust and properly funded CAP after 2013, based on the twin goals of competitiveness and sustainability.