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The accession of the 10 New Member States (NMS) will increase the Union’s Useful Agricultural Area (UAA) by 29%, the farming population by 52% and the agricultural GDP by only 7%. From these three figures, three problems immediately appear: low productivity levels, a potentially considerable financial cost for the Union and a strong socio-political sensitivity, says the latest special issue of  MINEFI-DREE elargissement 's  Revue Elargissement .

The European Court of Auditors has pointed to large misspent sums of farm aid. With a recovery rate of 17 per cent, the majority of losses are borne by the EU or the Member State concerned.

The Commission has proposed further reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that could lead to subsidy cuts for sugar, tobacco, olive oil and cotton.

Trade ministers from Africa and other developing countries have warned the EU that there can be no successful conclusion to the new WTO round unless Europe agrees to greater cuts of its farm subsidies.

In the morning of 26 June, EU farm ministers reached a final agreement on a mid-term reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

EU farm ministers have suspended talks on the Common Agricultural Policy reform after French President Jacques Chirac vetoed proposed changes, arguing they would harm France's national interests.

The marathon talks on the reform of the EU's farm policy continued late into the night on 17 June, and the presentation of the latest compromise was postponed until the next morning. EU Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler told the 15 farm ministers that the new compromise will be his final offer to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

The EU farm ministers have agreed to break off negotiations on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform and reconvene on 17 June to try to clinch a deal after almost a year of deadlocks.

EU farm ministers meet on 11 and 12 June for negotiations aimed at agreeing to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) before the Union's enlargement and in time for the WTO farm trade liberalisation talks.

The European Parliament has called for a less far-reaching reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and scaled down the Commission's proposal to cut the link between subsidies and production.

More and more Member States agree that reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is necessary, therefore it should be possible to wrap the reform up in June, said EU Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler after the Agricultural Council on 27 May.

The European Parliament's Agriculture Committee has watered down the Commission's proposal for a far-reaching reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.

The EU Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler has expressed confidence that the Union will reach an agreement on reforming the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in June 2003.

There was little progress in negotiations on Common Agricultural Policy reform (CAP) at the Agriculture Council on 8 April, but the EU farm ministers plan to conclude a deal in June.

A British Government analysis of the Commission proposals for CAP reform estimates better returns for producers, savings for consumers and more support for environmentally-friendly farming.