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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8046

13 September 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
Chirac criticises the Commission's ideas on reform of Common Fisheries Policy (that he hopes to discuss with Prodi)

Brussels, 12/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - During a working meeting, on Monday, with professionals from the French fish auction sector in the port of Saint-Quay-Portrieux (Côtes d'Armor), President Jacques Chirac expressed his support for a five-year break in reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). He denounced the European Commission's "capacity argument", with its Green Paper proposal to reduce the Community fleet by 40% by the year 2006 in order to preserve fish stocks. France is...

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