| Series Title | EurActiv |
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| Series Details | 12.03.13 |
| Publication Date | 12/03/2013 |
| Content Type | News |
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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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| Source Link | http://www.euractiv.com/cap/ag-panel-turn-allows-full-vote-c-news-518410 |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe |
