CIOLO? ALLAYS CONCERNS HE WILL BE ‘FRENCH POODLE’ WITH COMPETENT PERFORMANCE
January 1st, 2010
BY DAVID HAWORTH
EFFORTS to boost food producers in their frequent quarrels with big-time retail chains have been promised by the European Union's (EU) agriculture Commissioner-designate Dacian Ciolo? when he appeared before European Parliament lawmakers.
Speaking in a confirmation hearing in Brussels, he said he wanted "to improve the negotiating position" of food producers when dealing with large retailers: "I want to see a better dialogue between the various actors in the food chain. We must remember that's it's not only the supermarkets which ...
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