Big Three back EU sugar reform

A SPOKESPERSON for the Council of Ministers said only seven member states, including Poland, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Portugal, were very opposed to the EU sugar reform proposals presented to them last Monday in Brussels.

He said four countries Belgium, Austria, Latvia and Lithuania voiced less severe opposition.

But three of Europe's 'big four' the UK, France and Germany supported the Commission's plan for swift and radical reform, and were backed by Sweden and Denmark.