FARM MINISTERS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION APPLICANT STATES DEMANDED ON MOND...

World | February 19, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

Farm ministers of the European Union applicant states demanded on Monday that their farmers be treated equally after enlargement, but the European Commission said they were not ready to receive the same amount of aid. The ministers say the Commission's proposal for funding EU enlargement is mean and unfair. The plan envisages phasing in direct payments for farmers from the mostly ex-communist candidates over 10 years once they join the wealthy bloc.

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