For Farmers or the Environment? The European Parliament in the 2013 CAP Reform

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was the last policy field to be placed under Ordinary Legislative Procedure and its 2013 reform first decided this rule. This article analyses how rule changes following Lisbon Treaty have shaped outcomes related ‘greening,’ i.e., making agricultural more environmentally friendly. Measuring ambitions of amendments during different phases legislative process (the processing phase within Parliament negotiating trilogues), we find that European weakened Commission’s greening proposals—but did so support an alternative agenda built on instruments. means change has altered power balance between institutions, Commission dependent Parliament. In reform, new came at cost CAP.