CIOLO? BACKS DAIRY QUOTA ABOLITION
March 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NEW European Union (EU) agriculture Commissioner will have reassured liberalisers with a clear commitment today that he supports scrapping restrictive EU dairy production quotas in 2015. Romanian Dacian Ciolo?' appointment came amidst mutterings in Brussels, London and elsewhere that he might reinstate dairy quotas. Not so. In a speech this morning to a Brussels conference 'What future for milk?,' he confirmed: "I do not think the solution is to revisit that decision." He explained, referring to the recent dairy price collapse ...
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