EU SUGAR POLITICS
April 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DIVISIONS over the EU sugar regime reforms have been clarified at a European Union (EU) Council of Ministers (agriculture) meeting. British, Danish, German, Swedish, Latvian and Maltese delegations wanted "rapid reform, to make the sector more competitive", though concerns of ex-European colonies in the African Pacific Caribbean (ACP) bloc "should be taken into account". Spain - supported by Italy, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Greece and Finland - wanted analysis of the consequences for Europe's sugar sector.
DIVISIONS over the EU sugar regime reforms have been clarified at a European Union (EU) Council of Ministers (agriculture) meeting. British, Danish, German, Swedish, Latvian and Maltese delegations wanted "rapid reform, to make the sector more competitive", though concerns of ex-European colonies in the African Pacific Caribbean (ACP) bloc "should be taken into account". Spain - supported by Italy, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Greece and Finland - wanted analysis of the consequences for Europe's sugar sector.
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