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Thursday 13 November 2008

French government unveils aid plan amid farmers' protests

The French state will spend “dozens of millions of euros” on extragovernment aid for farmers in 2009, minister for agriculture Michel Barnier said Wednesday as demonstrations spread across the country.

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Thursday 25 September 2008

Divergences about post-2013 CAP abound at EU summit

French minister for agriculture Michel Barnier, who invited his EU counterparts on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the future of the CAP after 2013, knew what to expect. “As our British colleague put it, it will be a long road”, Barnier said after the meeting.

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Thursday 4 September 2008

Price doubt may force French milk production down

As uncertainty over milk pricing grips French dairy farmers, their output has fallen back to usual levels.

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Thursday 3 July 2008

Sarkozy willing to block WTO deal

The French presidency of the European Union began with a head-on clash between France's president Nicolas Sarkozy and EU commissionner for trade Peter Mandelson this week.

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Thursday 8 May 2008

French minister could be Irish farmers' best ally in the EU

France's minister for agriculture and fisheries Michel Barnier, who is scheduled to visit Ireland this Friday, will probably receive a warmer welcome from the Irish farming sector than European Commisssion president Jose Manuel Barroso experienced last month.

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Thursday 10 April 2008

French milk production will slow down, but when?

French milk production looks set to ease after an unprecedented surge in late 2007 and early 2008 – but the big question now is when?

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Saturday 5 January 2008

Discrepancies in income highlight challenges for French farming

The year 2007 has ended with the news that 12 per cent more money made its way into French farmers' pockets than in 2006 – an average figure that hides massive discrepancies between different enterprises.

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Saturday 10 November 2007

Sarkozy bans GM crops until new legislation is passed

The recent decision by French president Nicolas Sarkozy to ban the sowing of genetically modified (GM) crops until new legislation is introduced next year shows a shift in government attitude on the issue.

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