NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSIONERS NOMINATED
September 1st, 2014
THE IDENTITY of the new European Union agriculture commissioner, who will be responsible for phasing out sugar quotas within the EU, was unveiled today. He is Phil Hogan, 54, of Ireland, who has been an environment minister in his country.In a letter to the Irishman, the incoming Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, tasked Hogan with immediately reviewing EU subsidy systems – asking him to assess the “potential for further simplification in … direct payments,” as well as EU food quality policies. Juncker stressed that Hogan should work to implement ...
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