Brussels, 05/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - Further to political agreement between the EU member States on the new European Rural Development Fund for the period 2007-2013 (EUROPE 8974), the European Commission adopted strategic guidelines for this policy on Tuesday. The document will serve as a catalogue of priorities for Member States that are to finalise their national rural development strategy plans by early 2006 at the latest. We recall that, in March, the Member States had criticised the...