Topic: Mariann Fischer Boel
Quotes
It is important that we listen to our producers when they are concerned about changes to our regulations
EC nixes blended rose wine Jun 08, 2009
The recent hike in food prices has hit every one of us, in particular the most underprivileged members of our society
EU proposes $723M for food aid to poor Sep 18, 2008
In this era of high prices and growing demand, it makes no sense to throw (misshapen fruit and vegetables) away or destroy them. It shouldn't be the EU's job to regulate these things
Ban on misshapen produce may be nixed Jul 24, 2008
There is a particularly strong concentration on broadband and information and communication technologies. ... We now want to put them into the mainstream of our Rural Development programmes. ... I urge member states to tap the potential of broadband in their national rural development strategies
EU presses for broadband's way forward Mar 22, 2006
I am very encouraged to see an apparent willingness by the United States to look seriously at farm reform and put the U.S. Farm Bill on the table
EU welcomes call to scrap farm aid Jul 05, 2005
Mariann Fischer Boel () (born 15 April 1943, Åsum) is a Danish politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development. A member of the party Venstre, she had previously been minister of agriculture and foods since 2002, in the government of Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
As the Danish agriculture minister, she argued that it would be better if agricultural subsidies were entirely removed, a view that in many European countries is highly controversial.
Together with her husband, she owns three farms in Denmark. For some observers, this has called into question her neutrality in discharging her duties as a European Commissioner, as, for example, she would have the power to determine the purchasing price of different crops, thereby affecting her own personal income. She argues that it is her husband who runs the farms, and as she is not personally engaged in them, she is able to maintain neutrality.
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