Brussels, 12/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - As Romano Prodi expected (see EUROPE yesterday p 5) and Commissioner Fischer too (see above), the President of the European Commission and the Fisheries Commissioner have been authorised by the European Commission to introduce proposals allowing for aid to be swiftly transferred to the sectors hit hardest by the oil slick provoked by the sinking of the Prestige.
Mr Fischler stressed that, "The strong economic dependency of these fishing and aquaculture...