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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8259

20 July 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 47
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Mr Fischler wants to convince British farmers of setting ceiling for aid and insists to Denmark on need for competitive farm sector

Brussels, 19/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday and Thursday Commissioner Franz Fischler presented his proposals on the mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to British and Danish farmers respectively. He was keen to convince the British of the need to set ceilings on direct aid and the Danish, of the fact that they would, "benefit from a competitive farm sector". "With a surplus of € 5 bio the Danish agricultural trade balance is clearly positive. This clearly shows...

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