Brussels, 12/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - EU Member States are expected on 13 June to reach agreement, by qualified majority, on the 2007-2013 European Fisheries Fund. The compromise, which is expected to be reached in the Committee of Permanent Representatives, should be endorsed by Ministers on 19 June.
On 23 May, the Council failed to reach political agreement on this issue, following what the Austrian Presidency described as a minority bent on blocking a second compromise text (see EUROPE...