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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9798

6 December 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/development
One billion euro to face soaring food prices

Brussels, 05/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 4 December in Brussels, the European Parliament approved by 561 votes to 24 and 34 abstentions the proposal which grants to development countries €1 billion between 2008 and 2010 to help them face soaring food prices. An agreement on the arrangements for financing this allocation was found in the context of the budgetary procedure for 2009 (EUROPE 9789).

With adoption of the report by Gay Mitchell (EPP-ED, Ireland), the EP confirms that...

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