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Moves for finding the correct role for agriculture are progressing but rhetoric and demagogy persist - The positive example of the Economic and Social Committee's recommendation

Tell the truth. The events of last week in Madrid at the Latin America Summit confirm the necessity of further reflection of European and international agricultural policies (see this section in yesterday's edition of Europe). In the background to the official declarations and papers prepared in advance, Southern and Central American countries (not including Chile and Mexico) were unable to conceal their dissatisfaction, indeed, their disappointment with the EU's refusal to give them more...