COPA SUBSIDIES CALL
May 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORNEUROPEAN tobacco farmers have a launched a pre-emptive strike against the European Commission to preserve the present system of subsidies and marketing in the face of growing pressure from health groups and others to end the regime.Brussels has been charged by the EU Council of Ministers with drawing up a report on tobacco-growing in the EU this year. This is expected to be published shortly though a Commission spokesman said it would not be in the form of White Paper with precise policy recommendations but rather an overview of the present ...
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