At the Agriculture Council in Brussels on Monday 12 December, the Austrian delegation criticised the biofuels section of the clean energy package presented at the end of November (see EUROPE 11681).
The Belgian and Swedish agriculture ministers supported the Austrian comments. France said that renewable energy must not be penalised and emphasised that the member states must be free to choose their own energy mix. Denmark, generally pleased with the package proposed, said it was ready to work...