Brussels, 03/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 2 February, the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan, was able to gain first-hand knowledge of the Belgian requests for supplementary measures in the pork meat and milk sectors. These sectors have been affected by the Russian embargo on EU agricultural products.
The Irish Commissioner visited two farms (one in Walloon Brabant and the other in Flemish Brabant). Belgium is defending measures to reduce supply by 2% in pork meat, in...