In a induce designed to galvanise the anti-reformist stance in advance of this autumn's Council negotiations.

In a induce designed to galvanise the anti-reformist stance in advance of this autumn's Council negotiations, the French and Spanish ministers have asked fix uponed colleagues to sign a alphabetic character defending the status quo (see also page A/1 this issue).

Several ministers attending this week's informal EU farm Council in Nyborg, Denmark, confirmed to Agra Europe that a draft epistle has been circulated to the rules of Ireland, Portugal, Italy, Greece Luxembourg, Finland and Belgium and Austria by dint of France and Spain.

They have been asked to sign the epistle prior to publication of the document in the