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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10465

4 October 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/agriculture
Europe close to deal on food aid for least well-off

Brussels, 03/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Union seemed closer to a compromise on Monday 3 October 2011 on the funding in 2011 and 2012 of food aid to the poorest people living in the EU. Six countries, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands oppose extension of the food aid scheme which, they say, should not fell within the common agricultural policy (CAP), as it does at present but rather comes under national social policy. The six...

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