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economic partnership
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relations between the European Union and Marocco
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the importance of women´ work in the agricultural sector
future strategy for the EU dairy industry
2008 Environment Policy
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Lisbon Agenda
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Main points of the President´s speech: challenges for the Common European immigration and asylum policy, inter-regional opportunities for co-operation, the economic view of migration process, developments of the European policy on migration and asylum regarding to the impact of migration for Mediterranean Member – States of the EU, initiative to launch a European Integration Forum strengthening the voice of civil society
Professor Alois Heissenhuber, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Technische Universität München
Hearing and 3rd meeting of the study group "Reform of the CAP in 2013" - Professor Alois Heissenhuber, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Technische Universität München
Mr Toomas Kevvai, Deputy Secretary General for Rural Development and Fisheries Policy, Ministry of Agriculture, Estonia
Hearing and 3rd meeting of the study group "Reform of the CAP in 2013" - Mr Toomas Kevvai, Deputy Secretary General for Rural Development and Fisheries Policy, Ministry of Agriculture, Estonia
Mr Roald P. Lapperre, Director for the Common Agricultural Policy, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the Netherlands
Hearing and 3rd meeting of the study group "Reform of the CAP in 2013" - Mr Roald P. Lapperre, Director for the Common Agricultural Policy, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the Netherlands