Parliament makes U-turn, allows full vote on CAP reform

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Series Details 12.03.13
Publication Date 12/03/2013
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Bowing to criticism that it was “undemocratic”, the European Parliament’s agriculture committee agreed on the 11 March 2013 to allow the full house to vote on hundreds of amendments to the EU’s future farm policy, many of them aimed at reversing the panel’s earlier decisions.

Under parliamentary procedures, a defeat of any of the CAP’s four legislative packages would send them back to the committee, forcing MEPs to vote again before negotiations on final legislation can begin with the full Parliament, the European Commission and the 27 EU member states.

The most contentious issues in plenary are expected to be the future of direct payments to farmers, environmental regulation and production support for sugar and wine producers.

The committee hearing was called under a special rule that allows a committee to take a whack at cutting the number of amendments ahead of a plenary vote when they number more than 50. The move is rare and in several recent cases, including a recent vote on the Common Fisheries Policy, there were also hundreds of amendments.

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ESO: Background Information: Fate of green CAP plans hangs on Parliament http://www.europeansources.info/record/fate-of-green-cap-plans-hangs-on-parliament/
EurActiv, 11.03.13: In sudden move, agriculture panel gets extra power over CAP http://www.euractiv.com/development-policy/advocates-want-hold-eu-accountab-news-518394
Website: The common agricultural policy after 2013 http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-post-2013/index_en.htm
EurActiv, 13.03.13: MEPs, divided and under pressure, prepare for CAP vote http://www.euractiv.com/cap/meps-divided-pressure-prepare-ca-news-518448
EUObserver, 14.03.13: Parliament divided after MEPs water down CAP reform http://euobserver.com/economic/119412
EurActiv, 14.03.13: After landmark CAP vote, the hard work begins http://www.euractiv.com/cap/landmark-vote-cap-hard-work-begi-news-518479
EurActiv, 15.03.13: Sugar mounds and wine lakes? Not likely, quota advocates say http://www.euractiv.com/cap/sugar-mounds-wine-lakes-quota-ad-news-518510

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