Some comments on the Blueprint and CAP review
Framework
Even though two-thirds of the group of experts from all Member States (MS) working on agriculture and water, the European Commission (EC) as well as other stakeholders agreed that “cross compliance should be strengthened, broadened and better enforced in order to ensure positive effects on ecological status and achieve the Water Framework Directive (WFD) objectives”[1], the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform did not propose any relevant measures.