The earlier system of price support, which proved unable to solve the problem of farmers’ low incomes and also led to large surpluses that could only be disposed of on world markets with the aid of further subsidies, has been gradually replaced by a system of direct payments.
Klimata pārmaiņu un enerģētikas jautājumā pirmās diskusijas parāda, ka visas dalībvalstis atbalsta ambiciozos ES mērķus, arī to, ka likumprojektu pakete jāpieņem līdz 2009. gadam.