EU farm Commissioner Franz Fischler will formally existing his Mid-Term Review (MTR) proposals in succession CAP reform to agriculture ministers meeting in Brussels upon Monday.

EU farm Commissioner Franz Fischler will formally existing his Mid-Term Review (MTR) proposals in succession CAP reform to agriculture ministers meeting in Brussels upon Monday, giving member states the first opportunity to discuss the plans in their final format.

Council officials did not await detailed responses from ministers, although near are known to harbour serious misgivings about the proposals, the broad outlines of which has been known since last summer

A televised debate will take place forward Monday afternoon, at which general positions of