Brussels, 15/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 15 December, European ministers for agriculture confirmed their political agreement on the continuation in 2012 and 2013 of the programme for distributing food to the poor in the EU. However, in compliance with a Franco-German compromise, this programme, funded under the common agricultural policy, will be scrapped at the end of 2013.
New programme provisions expand the range of foodstuffs concerned - now market purchases can complete...