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Tue 09 Sep 2008EU farm commissioner hints at more rural aid
Europe's agriculture commissioner outlined her vision today for post-2013 farm policy, stressing the need to keep funding countryside development by better targeting and redistributing direct subsidies to farmers.
In her first indication of possible policy changes, EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said while the size of farm spending after 2013 remained unknown, rural development was likely to stay a top policy priority.
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