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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10479

22 October 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/agriculture
Aid to deprived blocked by six countries

Brussels, 21/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - The group of six countries blocking extension of the Community programme for the distribution of food to the EU's most deprived won the day, on Thursday 20 October. They have not yet, however, won the war. A proposal put forward for the umpteenth time by the European Commission to extend aid in 2012 and 2013 to almost €500 million annually was backed by 21 agriculture ministers, and rejected by the usual six (Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, the...

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