L'Etat, c'est la grande fiction à travers laquelle tout le monde s'efforce de vivre aux dépens de tout le monde. Frédéric Bastiat

dimanche 25 juin 2006

VITICULTURE

L'UE veut revoir sa politique de soutien aux viticulteurs sans pour autant renier le principe des aides publiques:

The main problem is that the EU's some 1.5 million wine producers make far more wine than there is a market for. (...) The commission proposal aims at simplifying existing rules, making labelling clearer and encouraging better quality production. (...) The plan also seeks to spend the around €1.3 billion yearly wine budget "more intelligently". Earlier this month, the commission agreed to pay for France and Italy to turn 560 million litres of their excess wine into bio fuels and industrial alcohol - a practice Brussels wants to bring to an end and spend the money on promoting EU wine instead. (...) The plan aims to win back market share, strengthen the reputation of European wines and boost the competitiveness of EU wine producers.

Sans surprise, la France et l'Espagne ont déjà annoncé qu'elles rejetteront la proposition de la Commission.