EU Gives Final Approval to Revised Farming Policies After Months of Protests

The European Union (EU) on Monday adopted revisions to its agricultural rules to address concerns raised by farmers during mass protests across Europe in recent months. The Council of the European Union, one of the two EU legislative bodies, adopted the changes to its strategic plans, financing, and monitoring regulations of the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP), according to a May 13 statement. The policy was updated to simplify the rules and reduce administrative burdens on the bloc’s framers, the council said. The majority of the council, comprised of 27 representatives—one from each EU member state at the ministerial level, grouped by policy area—voted in favor of the revisions, with only Germany abstaining....