Spain demands compensation over E.coli

Spain on 31 May 2011 demanded compensation for unfounded and financially damaging accusations that its cucumbers were the source of a deadly bacterial infection that killed 16 people in Germany.

Deutsche Welle, 2.6.11: Misplaced E. coli blame and the European early warning system http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15125238,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 2.6.11: Lawsuit looms against Germany over cucumber scare http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15125003,00.html

El Pais, 31.5.11: Germany backtracks, ruling out Spain as source of E. coli outbreak http://www.elpais.com/articulo/english/Germany/backtracks/ruling/out/Spain/as/source/of/coli/outbreak/elpepueng/20110531elpeng_7/Ten

EUObserver, 1.6.11: Germany retracts link between E coli and Spanish cucumbers http://euobserver.com/9/32433

EurActiv, 1.6.11: Spain, Netherlands demand compensation over mystery E.coli http://www.euractiv.com/health/ecoli-source-unknown-netherlands-spain-demand-compensation-news-505297

France24, 31.5.11: Spain slams Germany's handling of 'EU' cucumber crisis http://www.france24.com/en/20110531-europe-health-spain-netherlands-seek-compensation-germany-cucumber-e-coli-crisis

PressEurop, 31.5.11: Spain: Agriculture victim of the killer cucumbers http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/686271-agriculture-victim-killer-cucumbers

ESO: Background information: Source of killer E.coli eludes experts http://www.europeansources.info/record/source-of-killer-e-coli-eludes-experts/

El País, 2.6.11: Zapatero rails at EU as fatal E. coli strain spreads http://www.elpais.com/articulo/english/Zapatero/rails/at/EU/as/fatal/coli/strain/spreads/elpepueng/20110602elpeng_8/Ten

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