Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan announced in Brussels on Monday 6 March that the exceptional aid granted to some fruit producers because of the damaging impact of the Russian ban on the import of certain EU agricultural products would be rolled-over after July 2017.
“Bearing in mind budgetary constraints, we need to focus further support on the persisting needs”, he stated after Poland sought additional measures from the Council to help its apple and pear producers.
The Commission...