Read a commentary here from a food industry expert that a spark for the revolutions underway across the Arab world was the high price of food. There must be something […]
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EU farm ministers never tire of discussing the Common Agricultural Policy. The latest negotiations concluded in the early hours of Thursday morning, over the so-called CAP healthcheck. The aim was
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An interesting discussion this afternoon on the rising price of food and what can be done about it. Newspaper headlines claim that prices are rising by 21 per cent a
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The rise in food prices around the world is yet another issue that should bring countries together, yet risks driving them apart. The reasons for the rapid rise in prices
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From a speech to UACES by Lord Haskins, 15 March 2006: I believe that with the Fischler reforms the genie is out of the bottle, that farming should be treated
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By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 18 October 2006 I wrote last week in these pages about how the Common Agricultural Policy was first set up to encourage enough production, but
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By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 12 October 2006 It is good to be able to report some good news from Brussels. A new drive is underway to simplify the Common
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A very fine speech this evening by Chris Haskins, giving the second UACES Lecture on the future of Europe, on “CAP reform: a watershed for the European Union?” Chris Haskins
“It is time to give ourselves a reality check. To receive the wake-up call,” said Tony Blair after the No votes in France and the Netherlands. Sometimes, on a cold
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 15 July 2004 After the excitement of the European elections, the approval of the constitution text and the nomination of a candidate for president of
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