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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10429
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/agriculture

COPA condemns French blockade of Spanish fruit

Brussels, 28/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - In a letter addressed to European Commissioners Michel Barnier (Internal Market) and Dacian Cioloº (Agriculture), Copa-Cogeca deplores and condemns the violent attacks committed on 26 July in France against Spanish lorries carrying peaches and nectarines, during a union protest by producers from the Bouches-du-Rhône, Gard and Pyrénées orientales.

On 27 July, Spain protested against the fact that French farmers had destroyed a Spanish cargo of fruit...