BOEL
August 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLIF the tobacco growing industry thinks it has suffered enough regarding reductions in European Union (EU) farm subsidies, then it could have a rude shock at the hands of the new agriculture commissioner designate, Mariann Fischer Boel, of Denmark. A former Danish agriculture minister, she could be the most reform-minded politician to have held the post, being strongly committed to scrapping subsidies, while favouring environmental schemes. Indeed, the politician for Denmark's liberal party Venstre has a reputation for being a green activist. ...
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