EU FOOD POLICY LIBERALISERS CAN EXPECT SWEDISH BACKING DURING PRESIDENCY
June 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SUPPORTERS of liberalising the European Union's (EU) common agriculture policy and other food subsidy regimes can expect a helping hand from the new Swedish presidency of the EU from July 1.
Sweden has traditionally allied itself with Britain, the Netherlands, and eastern European liberalisers in the EU Council of Ministers, which it will chair for six months until the end of this year.
And in a 27 member state EU, the power of the presidency in controlling debates and agendas, while brokering agreements, means that these days it has a lot more ...
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