Greening to be one of amendments to commission’s CAP proposals

Greening according to farm size is predicted as one of 38 amendments to the European Commission’s CAP proposals due from the European Parliament’s agriculture committee later this month.

On Jan 23 and 24, the agriculture committee will vote on the amendments — a vital step in CAP reform talks, because the parliament was given full CAP co-decision powers with the European Council by the Lisbon treaty.

Up to this year, the council could choose to ignore or take on board the parliament’s opinion on CAP reform.