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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8983

5 July 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Mr Blair criticises level of agricultural expenditure

Brussels, 04/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - In an article published on Monday by the French daily newspaper Le Figaro, British Prime Minister Tony Blair once again laid into the funding of the common agricultural policy (CAP). He takes the view that the EU should adopt a "modern" budget, which takes account of the economic realities of a Europe which is lagging behind, he feels, in many fields. "A modern budget is not one which will still be granting 40% to the CAP in 10 years' time", he wrote....

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