NEW EU COMMISSIONER
August 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE AWARD to Cyprus of the key European Commission health and consumer affairs portfolio could signal a waning of Brussels' enthusiasm for tougher food safety, environmental health and consumer protection rules. Cypriot Markos Kyprianou, 44, has been given the job in the new Commission that takes office in November. He will replace Irishman David Byrne, who has been a feisty advocate of stricter food safety and anti-smoking policies. Indeed, with new legislation, such as the farm-to-fork package of food health laws, now in place and the European ...
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