Group leaders dodge farming bullets at election debate
Party leaders aspiring to be president of the Commission offered few clear insights on agriculture policies during an electoral debate held on Monday evening (29 April) in Maastricht. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen led other candidates in swerving questions on agriculture during the debate and dodged the issue when asked on the withdrawal of a proposal setting up obligatory pesticide reduction targets in the EU. She deferred decisions on the course to be set for agriculture policy over the next five years to the outcome of a strategic dialogue for the future of agriculture, a reflec...