The European Parliament ratified (425 votes in favour, 130 against and 33 abstentions), on Wednesday 24 April, the changes to certain rules of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) (see EUROPE B13396A10). MEPs accepted (422 votes in favour, 139 against and 9 abstentions) the technical changes proposed by the EU Council and rejected the other amendments, including those from the Greens/EFA and The Left groups calling for the proposal to be rejected (135 votes in favour, 423 against and...