Brussels, 10/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - Twenty-two of the twenty-seven EU Member States published the 'Paris Appeal' on Thursday 10 December 2009 for a strong 'Common European Agriculture and Food Policy' covering diversified food supplies and with the aim of preserving farmers' incomes and the environment.
French farm minister Bruno Le Maire, who had convened the meeting, admitted that the talks had been 'complicated'. Five Member States did not attend, namely Denmark, Malta, the...