As agricultural spending accounts for one third of the EU's long-term budget, the reform of the common farming policy has been negotiated alongside the talks on the EU's long term budget for 2014-2020. This is why the final vote of the long-term budget also takes place during the November plenary session.
The Parliament, the Council and the European Commission struck a deal on the revision of the EU's common agricultural policy on 26 June 2013. The EP's agriculture committee backed the deal on 30 September.
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