European Parliament
Lorenzo Fontana  (EFD ),
in writing.
(IT)
The forthcoming reform of the common agricultural policy will be significant in economic terms and particularly in terms of the development of European agriculture and the protection of rural areas. Giving farmers the opportunity to receive direct payments for the transitional year 2013 as well is a very important decision. I voted in favour of Mr Capoulas Santos’s report, although the total removal of aid for tobacco arouses concern in the areas affected – such as the area I come from, Verona – where production activities are linked to this crop.

