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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7969

21 May 2001
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
During Agriculture Council, Presidency hopes for a political agreement over reform of sugar and "bovine meat" CMO - Debate over ethical aspects of farming

Brussels, 21/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Council of Agriculture Ministers, scheduled over two days in Brussels, will officially begin on Tuesday at ten o'clock with a public debate over the ethical aspects of farming conditions. Meetings "in confessional" between the Member States, the European Commission and the Swedish Presidency will be held in at the same time to try to reach a compromise over the controversial dossiers of this meeting: the reform of sugar and the modifications of the...

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