The federal and state governments advise on the common agricultural policy

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Dresden (dpa) - The federal and state ministers want to discuss the Common Agricultural Policy (GAP) of the European Union again today.

There was no agreement at the last online meeting in February.

Above all, a rift opened up between the agricultural departments led by the Greens and ministries led by politicians from other parties.

The Greens did not want to formulate a national strategy for the CAP until the EU bodies have agreed on the main features of the new agricultural subsidies.

Federal Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner (CDU) saw an urgent need and otherwise the funding in danger.

Bavaria's Agriculture Minister Michaela Kaniber (CSU) asked the Greens not to block the implementation of the reform.

The environmental protection organization WWF suggested using at least 75 percent of the previous flat-rate direct payments for funding measures in the service of climate, species, animal and resource protection by the end of the funding period.

The Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt trade union called for EU agricultural subsidies to be linked to social standards.

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