Brussels, 25/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - During Monday's Agriculture-Fisheries Council, Commissioner Franz Fischler gave a very detailed presentation of the European Commission communication on the financial perspectives 2007-2013. Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers of the EU Member States welcomed the Commission's excellent work and above all welcomed the anticipated simplification of rural development policy.
Mr Fischler mainly stressed that agricultural spending, which accounted for 0.60%...