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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10217
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture

Commission tries to break deadlock on food programme for most deprived

Brussels, 17/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 17 September, the European Commission adopted an amended proposal to improve the current food distribution scheme for the most deprived people in the European Union. It builds on a proposal from 2008 currently treading water in the EU Council of Ministers. The new proposal will be put to agriculture ministers on 27 September, but given the complexity of the issue, it is difficult to predict how it will be received.

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