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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9234

18 July 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/agriculture
While agreeing on need for great reform, MEPs and experts oppose grubbing up vineyards

Brussels, 17/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - At a hearing on the future of the wine sector organised by the Parliamentary agriculture committee on 12 July, the majority of MEPs and those taking part protested strongly about the proposal to grub up 400,000 hectares of vineyards, and, in more general terms, about the liberalisation of the market. All present acknowledged the need for a radical reform of the sector, in particular current market organisation. EP rapporteur Katerina Batzeli (Socialist,...

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