Press Release: Coveney comments on CAP reform proposals

The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, on 12 October 2011, commented on the legal proposals presented by the European Commission on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy.

• Primary Source

Ireland: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Press Release, 14.10.11: Opening statement on the CAP by Minister Simon Coveney Dáil Eireann, 13 October 2011 http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/press/pressreleases/2011/october/title,58878,en.html

Ireland: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Press Release, 20.10.11: Coveney outlines serious concerns about CAP Reform proposals http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/press/pressreleases/2011/october/title,59027,en.html

ESO: Background information: EU aid to farmers to continue over next decade http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-aid-to-farmers-to-continue-over-next-decade/

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