The EU has managed to come to an agreement on controversial reforms to its Common Agricultural Policy.
After an all-night sitting in Brussels a deal was hammered out that will result in increases in milk quotas, cuts in production subsidies and more support for eco-friendly projects. The policy revisions will start in 2009 and run until 2013. An EU official said there had not been full unanimity of EU forges agreement to revamp farm policy ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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