strengthening rural development by introducing within the current programming
period certain new measures to encourage farmers to participate in quality schemes, to meet Community standards for food security, animal welfare, environment and working conditions, and to promote animal welfare beyond standards throughout
the EU, and also by reinforcing already existing measures.When defending this CAP reform package
the Commission has once again ...[+++] underlined the long-term policy trend towards a further strengthening of the second pillar of the CAP in both financial terms and scope.