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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8080

27 October 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 38
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/agriculture
Increase in aid for goats and sheep

Strasbourg, 26/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - Adopting the report on Thursday in Strasbourg by the British Labour MEP Gordon Adam on the reform of the sheep and goatmeat scheme, the EP amended the European Commission's proposal by increasing the premiums for the sheep and goatmeat sector. The EP argued that it was unfair for the Commission to plan to make cuts of EUR 560 million in 2002 in a sector whose farmers are among the lowest paid farmers in the EU - thereby discriminating against sheep...

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