Brussels, 07/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - With the “wine” management committee potentially set to discuss a French request to open crisis distillation on Tuesday, a report commissioned by the Commission's Directorate General for Agriculture recommends that the use of such costly intervention measures be avoided.
On 31 January, the French agriculture minister, Dominique Bussereau, announced a national aid plan of 75 million EUR to help struggling wine-makers. Alongside the various national...