Brussels, 22/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 22 April, the European Parliament approved a plan to extend from four to eight years the restructuring programmes for the cotton industry.
Adopting a report by María Isabel Salinas García (PES, Spain) without changing the document from the form in which it was voted through at the EP's agriculture committee (see EUROPE 9874), the EP endorsed a single amendment stating that the restructuring in question came into force on 1 January 2006:...