France would push for a “food exception” at the international level
On July 16thJoyandet, Junior Minister in charge of Cooperation, answered questions to the media Europolitique. The questions were initially on EU plans to tackle the food crisis (mainly on the use of the billion euro taken from CAP subsidies) but the journalist made a link with EPA negotiations. Below some highlights:
“France would like to push for a “food exception” at the international level.”
“EPAs should be linked to other issues. I will propose to the EC a reorientation of the negotiation in order to take more into account Development issues, MDGs, Food crisis and agricultural issues.”
“I advocate for an exception for agriculture”
“We would like to give a lot of flexibilities, both on the percentage of liberalization or the transition period. If we want to be coherent with our development policies, we can’t be as strict as today”
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