Farmers, green groups line up in final push for CAP

Preview of the Agricultural Council meeting in Luxembourg, 24-26 June 2013.

Ministers met for their latest round of negotiations on the post-2013 Common Agricultural Policy, under pressure to hammer out an agreement in time for a vote in the European Parliament in July 2013.

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