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Ireland and France agree strategy for EU talks

03-10-2011 8:57am

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Scofflaw

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The Auld Alliance again - at least on agricultural affairs:

FRANCE and Ireland have agreed a number of common strategic targets from forthcoming EU talks on agriculture and fisheries policies.

Following a meeting in Paris, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney and his French counterpart Bruno Le Maire have agreed both of their interests are best served by a more simple, flexible Common Agriculture Policy (CAP). In terms of the new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), both ministers are agreed upon the core issues of transferability of quotas and the question of discards.

and of course horse-trading:

Meanwhile, Mr Coveney praised a joint initiative launched in the Irish Embassy in Paris by Enterprise Ireland, Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, and the Embassy to increase Ireland’s share of horse-breeding, equine and related markets in France.

Source: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/ireland-and-france-agree-strategy-for-eu-talks-169410.html

Nice to see the new government isn't afflicted by tabloid Francophobia.

cordially,
Scofflaw

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