EU Parliament approves weaker environmental regimes for farmers

The European Parliament has decided to reduce the environmental burden on farmers.

After several weeks of protests by farmers, the European Parliament has withdrawn some environmental legislation in agriculture. The amendments were approved in the appeals procedure and are sometimes even retroactive. The Greens criticise this.[more]]]>

As part of an urgent procedure, the text was adopted on Wednesday without any debate in plenary.

The European Parliament gave its final green light on Wednesday (24 April) to the amendment of certain environmental requirements for obtaining payments under the common agricultural policy (CAP).

On Wednesday (24 April), the European Parliament finally gave its green light to the amendment of certain environmental provisions for payments under the EU subsidy system, which is due to enter into force in June with the approval of the Member States.

MEPs in Strasbourg voted in favour of giving farmers more flexibility in complying with environmental regulations.