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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9698

8 July 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/g8/africa
EU ready to free up €1 billion for agriculture in developing countries, Barroso announces

Brussels, 07/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - They European Commission may have responded rapidly in providing €550 billion in 2008 to attenuate the impact of the world food crisis in developing countries, but further measures are necessary if progress towards the millennium goals is not to be compromised, and these measures will be taken very shortly. Confirmation of this was given by José Manuel Barroso at the opening of the G8 Summit in Hokkaido on 7 July when he announced that the Commission...

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