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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8959

2 June 2005
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Free trade in agriculture worldwide would be disasterous for poor countries

Demagogy… The moment for defending European agriculture comes at the right time, just after the no-vote on the European Constitution from a country in the EU which is most in need of a common general and efficient agricultural policy. For the moment I'll leave the European aspect aside to concentrate on an aspect that is just as important: the situation for hundreds of millions of small farmers in poor countries who both change and renewed pride in their countries. I will do this by...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS