The European Commission will be told this week that farmers should not receive EU support…

Date: 22/02/01

...unless they adopt greener standards. The message is underlined in a blueprint for sustainable development unveiled tomorrow (23 February) by the Network of European Environmental Advisory Councils (EEAC). European farms lobby COPA-COGECA reacted angrily to the suggestion. Its spokesman Mauro Galluccio said: "We've already taken huge cuts in some sectors - and we won't see their full effect until 2006."