Brussels, 27/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - At the Economic and Social Committee's February plenary, there was an emotionally charged debate between representatives of southern and northern Europe (and between smokers and non-smokers) on the issue of premiums and guarantee thresholds for leaf tobacco. The draft amended Opinion by Nikolaos Liolios, President of the pan-Hellenic Confederation of Agricultural Cooperative Unions, on the "Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the premiums and...