AGRICULTURE : PREPARING GROUND FOR CAP REFORM POST-2013.

Pushing ahead with more intensive talks on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy post-2013 and laying the ground for a likely deal under the Irish Presidency in the first half of 2013 will be the top priorities of Danish Agriculture Minister Mette Gjerskov, incoming chair of the Agriculture Council. Denmark will attempt to whittle down the areas of contention among ministers on the CAP proposals, before handing over to the Cypriot Presidency to iron out the major differences still lingering at the end of next year.

Appointed to the role at the beginning of October, Gjerskov has made clear that the new Social Democrat government will...