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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9761

15 October 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 45
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/european council
EU must alleviate food crisis in developing countries

Brussels, 14/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - Fearing that the world financial crisis might deflect the attention of the Council from the urgency of helping developing countries tackle the food crisis, NGO ActionAid, on 14 October, published an action plan to guide the EU response. The €1 billion proposed by the Commission, which will not be available in 2008, is only “a drop in the ocean,” the NGO says. It wants more generous and more efficient European aid, and also Economic Partnership...

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