His initial proposal to transfer the non-agricultural measures from the second "pillar" of the CAP to cohesion policy was considered too radical by the CoR Plenary.
Tema esialgset ettepanekut kanda ÜPP teise samba mittepõllumajanduslikud meetmed ühtekuuluvuspoliitika alla pidas komitee täiskogu liiga radikaalseks.