Brussels, 01/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - Debating the draft budget for 2012 on Tuesday 30 August, the European Parliament (EP) agriculture committee called for a special fund to be set up for fruit and vegetable growers and questioned the reductions brought in by the EU Council of Ministers.
In the draft budget for 2012, the European Commission earmarked €500 million for fruit and vegetable producer organisations' operating funds. The Council of Ministers reduced this sum to €420 million....