The European Commission needs to be more ambitious in its actions. The report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards the application of direct payments to farmers in respect of the year 2013, on which the Bulgarian MEP Mariya Gabriel is a rapporteur for EPP, was discussed during the plenary...
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Consumers who are willing to pay extra for organic fruits, vegetables and other goods may not always get what they are hoped for due to lax oversight in some EU countries. That is the conclusion of the European Court of Auditors, which found that not all goods labelled ‘organic’ actually comply with strict rules on how they were grown or handled, reported EurActiv. In some...
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