CAP reform talks abandoned until June

European Parliament and agriculture ministers too far apart

Under pressure: Portugal's Agriculture Minister and President of the EU Council of agriculture ministers, Maria do Céu Antunes, and European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski, second from right, failed to move CAP reform talks towards agreement this week. Picture: European Union

Talks in Brussels on reforming the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) entered a fourth day today, but were called off early because the negotiating positions of co-legislators, the European Parliament and the Council of member states’ agriculture and fisheries ministers, were so far apart.

It was therefore decided to postpone talks until June.