Current developments in European foreign policy

Key topics in this report include: the June 2008 European Council; the Irish vote on the Lisbon Treaty;
the Millennium Development Goals and the Agenda for Action;
Food and fuel prices, the global food market and the potential for EU action, including the need for a radical overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP);
the CAP 'Health Check' and EU budget review; the WTO Doha Round and the potential for progress; the problems of the EU police mission in Afghanistan.

United Kingdom: House of Commons: Select Committee on the European Union: 25th Report (2007-08)HL 169 http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeucom/169/169.pdf

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