Proposal to ban open olive oil bottles in restaurants is an excessive reaction to problems of olive oil adulteration
Proposal to ban open olive oil bottles in restaurants is an excessive reaction to problems of olive oil adulteration
Time is running out to conclude this CAP reform under the Irish Presidency, but a June agreement remains a possibility.
The Parliament's refusal to begin the planned MFF trilogues with the Council makes it difficult to envisage a political agreement under the Irish Presidency.
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Alan Matthews is Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy in the Department of Economics at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. His major research interests are agricultural policy analysis, the impact of international trade on developing countries, and computable general equilibrium analysis of trade and agricultural policy reforms. He has worked as a consultant to the European Parliament, the OECD, the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations and the UN Industrial Development Organisation, and has been a panel member in a number of WTO Dispute Settlement procedures. He is currently President of the European Association of Agricultural Economists but writes here in a personal capacity.
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