FISCHER BOEL INTERVIEW
March 1st, 2005
BY DAVID HAWORTH, in BrusselsPROPOSALS for a new European Union (EU) wine regime, which are currently under review, will be unveiled in 12 months' time according to the recently installed European Commissioner for agriculture, Mrs Mariann Fischer Boel.In a wide-ranging interview in her Brussels office she admitted that the present arrangements are not working. "Our assessment of this sector will be ready next year," she said, "but for the moment we're not in a sustainable situation."In parallel with this, the Commissioner will be working on the reform of the EU's ...
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