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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8628

22 January 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/future commission
Fischler renounces third mandate as Commissioner

Brussels, 21/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - European Commissioner for agriculture and fisheries Franz Fischler announced in Berlin during "Green Week", that he would not be a candidate for a third mandate as a Commissioner. He said ironically that "Some of you will be breathing a sigh of relief and thinking "at last, the stubborn old goat's off and taking his reforms with him". Mr Fischler said that after ten years, the time had come new blood and new ideas. According to the Fischler (from...

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