A new compromise presented by council president, Dutch minister Cees Veerman, was accepted by a large majority. A gradual approach is central to the agreement. Mr Veerman said the drive and rest times ...

Dutch Agriculture Minister Cees Veerman is being urged to resign over his ownership of a French farm which campaigners say gets more than £100,000 a year in subsidies from European taxpayers.

Dutch agriculture minister Cees Veerman is facing accusations of a conflict of interest over his ownership of a large farm in the Dordogne, as pressure grows in the Netherlands for reform of the ...

Quick: What do Ted Turner, former NBA star Scottie Pippen, Queen Elizabeth II and the Dutch agricultural minister have in common? All four have benefited from farm subsidies that do a lot more to line ...

The latest former minister to bag himself a new job is former farming and nature management minister Cees Veerman. Veerman has been named chairman of the Dutch nature preservation association ...

Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy after 2012 should abandon support for farmers and focus on developing a new regime for the “whole European rural area”, according to a leading Dutch academic.

SPECULATION about a secret deal over the next EU Farm Commissioner could scupper any chance of the Irish Agriculture Minister, Joe Walsh getting the job. In the Netherlands, reports have persistently ...