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CEMR disappointed by European Parliament's resolution
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) expresses serious reservations after the adoption by the European parliament of the resolution on 'Health Check" of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
CEMR regrets that the Parliament is against more transfers from the 'first pillar" (support to agriculture) to the 'second pillar" (rural development). CEMR is disappointed that according to the European Parliament, any money spent for rural development needs to be directly targeted to farmers, declares CEMR's Secretary General Jeremy Smith. Supporting rural development needs measures beneficial to all citizens.To live in rural areas does not necessarily mean to ...
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