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			<title>E. Coli outbreak: moderate optimism in Council</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/e-coli-outbreak-moderate-optimism-council</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As European markets are recovering from the E. Coli epidemics, vegetable sales have started to rise in the second half of June, according to the Commission’s briefing for ministers of agriculture and fisheries, in Luxembourg on 28 June 2011.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:59:37 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Farmers to receive compensation for the E. coli outbreak</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/farmers-receive-compensation-e-coli-outbreak</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The EU will pay an aid amounting to at least 150 million euro to farmers who suffered losses due to the E. coli outbreak. This was proposed by the Commission at the Agriculture Council’s extraordinary meeting, on 7 June 2011 in Luxembourg.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:56:35 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Agricultural Ministers discussed sustainable animal husbandry at the informal meeting</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/agricultural-ministers-discussed-sustainable-animal-husbandry-informal-meeting</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Agricultural Council discussed ways the common agricultural policy (CAP) should contribute to sustainable animal husbandry in Europe, at its informal meeting on 31 May 2011 in Debrecen, Eastern Hungary. The debate had to be significantly shortened due to the issue of the E. coli infection, which so far has already taken a total of 14 deaths in Germany; this issue was placed on the agenda at the last minute.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 23:23:20 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Agricultural Ministers: E. coli bacteria infection is a European problem</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/agricultural-ministers-infected-cucumbers-are-european-problem</link>
			<description><![CDATA[EU Ministers for Agriculture called the E. coli bacteria infection in Germany a European problem, during the Agriculture Council’s informal meeting on 31 May 2011, in Debrecen, Eastern Hungary. The Hungarian Presidency offered to convene an extraordinary Council meeting if necessary, to address the cucumber crisis.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 21:25:10 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Council debated on cereal prices and sugar quotas</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/council-debated-cereal-prices-and-sugar-quotas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The proposal on increasing the intervention price of cereals and sugar production quotas was debated by agricultural ministers on 17 May 2011, in Brussels. No decision was taken on the  negotiations on a legally binding agreement on forests in Europe.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 08:16:01 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Presidency urges for compromise on cloned foods</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/presidency-urges-compromise-cloned-foods</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Hungarian Presidency hopes for the Council and the Parliament to agree on the new draft regulation on foods from cloned animals, Minister of State for EU Affairs, the Presidency declared at the European Parliament’s plenary debate, on 10 May 2011.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 17:27:52 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Freshwater aquaculture should be supported</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/freshwater-aqua-culture-should-be-supported</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In parallel with the reform of Common Fisheries Policy, the regulation of Atlantic fishing should be revised; and freshwater aquaculture should be assisted. This was the predominant view at the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, held in Luxembourg on 14 April 2011. Participants also discussed the role innovation could play, in the preservation of traditional lifestyle in rural areas.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:06:43 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>CAP future: A strong majority supports Presidency</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/kap-jovoje-nagy-tobbseg-tamogatta-az-elnokseget</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Agriculture Council adopted the Presidency’s conclusions on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy by qualified majority, in Brussels on 17 March 2011. The Hungarian Presidency thinks it is a remarkable success with special regard to the complex nature of the issue. 
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:10:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>CAP reform: Hungary sees chances for agreement</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/cap-reform-hungary-sees-chances-agreement</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There is a fair chance that Member States will reach an agreement on the common agricultural policy’s reform, Minister for Rural Development, Sándor Fazekas, told the Presidency’s website. He admitted that there are fierce debates over direct funding. On the other hand, ministers are unlikely to decide on utilisation of GMO-s, at their meeting on 17 March.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:16:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Agricultural Ministers debate on rural development</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/agricultural-ministers-debate-rural-development</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On 21 February 2011, the Agriculture Council held its third debate in Brussels, about the Commission’s report on the CAP’s future. The Ministers shared their experiences concerning the adoption of the directive on protection of laying hens. They also heard the Polish request to ease the ban on processed animal proteins feed.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:53:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Rising food prices demand further action from the EU</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/rising-food-prices-demand-further-action-eu</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Poor people are particularly vulnerable to rising food prices, so aid needs to be provided to them, which demands further action from the EU, Foreign Minister János Martonyi pointed out on the Presidency’s behalf in the European Parliament, on 16 February 2011.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:58:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Presidency seeks compromise on Novel Food</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/presidency-seeks-compromise-novel-food</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Hungarian Presidency held a trialogue and conciliation meeting, to update the 1997 novel food regulation in Brussels, in the evening of 1 February 2011. The Council, which represents member state governments, the Commission and the European Parliament, have failed to reach an agreement on the issue since 2008.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:13:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Debate on food from cloned animals – background</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/debate-novel-food-%E2%80%93-background</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2008, the Commission proposed to update the 1997 regulation, but the Council and the Parliament could not agree on the draft in two readings (debate and vote). The greatest controversy concerns food from cloned animals. This was followed by several rounds of trialogue meetings, between Parliament, Council and Commission representatives.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:01:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hearing of Minister Sándor Fazekas in the European Parliament</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/hearing-minister-sandor-fazekas-european-parliament</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The EP’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development held a good spirited debate with Sándor Fazekas Minister for Rural Development, who underlined the importance of a strong Common Agricultural Policy. MEPs in the Committee on Fisheries took great interest in the presentation of the Minister on the Presidency’s priorities as well. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:51:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Presidency promotes strong agricultural and fisheries policy</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/presidency-promotes-strong-agricultural-and-fisheries-policy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Hungarian Presidency presented its six-month programme at the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels, on 24 January 2011. Acting as President of the meeting, Minister for Rural Development, Sándor Fazekas, pointed out that the Hungarian Presidency’s motto is “Strong Europe”, which calls for a strong common agricultural and fisheries policy.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:47:12 +0100</pubDate>
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