Brussels, 08/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 7 April, the leaders of European Farmers' Organisation COPA elected Gerd Sonnleitner as the new president for the period 2011-2013. He will succeed Padraig Walshe whose term of office has expired.
Sonnleitner has been the president of Deutscher Bauernverband (DBV) since 1997 and the first vice-president of COPA from 2007 until 2011. He was also the COPA president over the period 2001-2003. He runs a 100 hectare farm and holds a number of...