Tag: mid-term review

Despite the 2001 Transport White Paper’s aim to curb demand for road transport, only green groups appear to believe that this is still a worthy aim.

During discussions on the Lisbon mid-term review in Brussels on 16 November, ministers of economic and financial affairs will agree that the Lisbon agenda "has become too broad" and needs more focus.

Longer working hours and delayed retirement were the main sticking points among the expert group chaired by Wim Kok, which is carrying out a review of the Lisbon process.

On 26 June 2003, EU farm ministers reached a final agreement on a mid-term reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Leading European farmers', business, consumer and environmental organisations have expressed deep disappointment with the compromise on the reform of the EU's farm policy.

The paper calls on the EU to take a lead in pacifying the troubled Caucasus region in the context of its new "Wider Europe" policy.

The French President Jacques Chirac and the German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said they needed more time to resolve their dispute over the EU's agricultural policy reform. They set themselves the deadline until the EU's Copenhagen European Council in December to find a compromise on changing the funding of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

The 15 EU Farm Ministers have remained divided in their discussion of agricultural and fisheries reforms at the Council meeting in Brussels on 23-24 September.

The EU is expected to take the lead in WTO negotiations on agriculture as the focus has shifted from the US to Europe on farm policy reform.

Representatives from industry, fishermen and NGOs will present the case for substantial reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy at the informal meeting of agriculture ministers on 9 and 10 September in Denmark.

10 out of 15 EU Agriculture Ministers opposed the Commission's proposal for a reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), arguing it could seriously damage the interests of farmers.

The Commission presented its reform plans for the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on 10 July. With some radical changes but sticking to the fundamentals of the CAP, the Commission intends to bring the agricultural policy closer to its citizens.

On 10 July, the European Farm Commissioner, Franz Fischler, is expected to propose a radical reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, de-coupling farm subsidies and production.

The leaked elements of the Commission's proposal for a radical reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has opened a heated debate on the future of agriculture in Europe.

The mid-term review of the EU's agricultural policy, to be discussed by the Commission on 10 July, is expected to cut farm subsidies and link them to environmental and food quality criteria rather than production.