BOEL EU SUGAR REFORM STAND
September 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel is taking a tough line against critics of her sugar reform plan, telling the European Parliament agriculture committee she is sticking to her proposed 39% price cut. She also insisted the plan needs political agreement by November, ahead of December's World Trade Organisation Hong Kong summit.
EUROPEAN Union agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel is taking a tough line against critics of her sugar reform plan, telling the European Parliament agriculture committee she is sticking to her proposed 39% price cut. She also insisted the plan needs political agreement by November, ahead of December's World Trade Organisation Hong Kong summit.
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