Agriculture minister outlines priorities for Czech EU presidency

Agriculture Minister Petr Gandalovič has said that the Czech Republic will push for simpler and more cost-effective common agricultural policy during the country’s EU presidency, which starts next month. Speaking on Tuesday, Mr Gandalovič said his other priorities would be countryside development and the monitoring of food quality. According to Mr Gandalovič, the biggest event to be organized by his ministry in the course of the Czech EU presidency will be a meeting of the union’s agricultural ministers in the second city, Brno, where CAP reform will be discussed.