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Revealed: majority of politicians on key EU farming panel have industry links

This entry was posted in News and tagged Agriculture CAP EU European Parliament Transparency on 24 May 2018 by Team Secretariat

Research uncovers that 25 out of 46 MEPs of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee have strong links to the farming sector they are charged with regulating. Read the full article on The Guardian here.

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