EU KEEPS SUBSIDISING EXTERNAL TERRITORY BANANA PRODUCTION
December 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has voted that subsidies paid to banana producers in EU non-European territories - such as French Caribbean islands Guadeloupe and Martinique - remain linked to production.
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THE EUROPEAN Parliament has voted that subsidies paid to banana producers in EU non-European territories - such as French Caribbean islands Guadeloupe and Martinique - remain linked to production.
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