Despite the foot-and-mouth disease crisis, and the oft-repeated claims of Australian Agricultural Ministers, Europe remains committed to protecting its primary industries, as Colin Teese explains.Reports are dribbling into the press that pressure is mounting within the European Union against the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The CAP is the mechanism by which the EU supports its farmers and farm industry. The possibility of the imminent demise of the CAP is a hoary old chestnut.Successive ge…