Barroso calls for CAP concessions

EU members should make concessions on the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) while Britain should do the same on their rebate, Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in Dublin yesterday.

Negotiations on the EU’s multi-billion budget broke down in Brussels last week because Britain demanded a review of the CAP.

Mr Barroso warned that the union’s budget must be agreed as soon as possible and said he believed the British could get a deal during their six-month presidency, which begins today.