Except for the proposals’ financial aspects, which have been largely ignored, the EU’s farming organisations have reacted well to the package of measures for the wine sector that the European Commission presented on Friday 28 March (see EUROPE B13610A1).
The EU’s agricultural organisations and cooperatives (Copa-Cogeca) have welcomed “this timely response”. Including grubbing up schemes in the sectoral toolbox - albeit financed by national funds - will help stabilise the wine...