EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS HEARS OPPOSITION TO WINE REFORM PROPOSALS
July 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel has claimed consensus has been reached at the EU Council of Ministers over having to boost competitiveness in the EU wine sector. Speaking after the European Commission's long-awaited reform proposals received their first debate at the council, Mr Fischer Boel said: "There was clear general agreement on the need for fundamental reform". She claimed that without change, by 2011, 15% of the EU's wine output would end up in storage. "It's clear if we don't take bold ...
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