European Commission proposes measures to simplify the CAP. Relaxation of requirements on meadows, administrative simplifications and reduction of inspection visits, tolerance in the event of an extreme climatic episode.
France's leading farmers' union (FNSEA) says it could take to blockading motorways again as it did during protests in late January. The measures proposed this Thursday by the European Commission will be examined on Monday by the ministers of Agriculture of the Twenty-Seven and could be adopted as early as March.