Brussels, 20/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Agriculture Ministers of the Member States of the EU held a public debate in Brussels on Monday on the European Commission's recent proposal on the 2007-2013 generation of rural development programmes (see EUROPE of 16 July, p.8). Initial reactions were by and large positive, although several States, including France, Portugal, Ireland , Finland, Austria, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Malta and Cyprus, criticised the Commission's intentions to make...