Brussels, 03/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - Addressing members of the European Parliament fisheries committee on 3 October, Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg strongly counselled France and Italy to accept, at the end of November, a compromise on technical measures for the exploitation of fish stocks in the Mediterranean. Responsibility for the failure of the last negotiations on this issue on 20 September 2005 lay largely with these two countries (see EUROPE 9031).
In the event of another failure...