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Contributions from
the Column
Facts and trends
Water: Multi-stakeholder dialogue does not take off
World Bank: Wolfowitz to succeed Wolfensohn
Donors delay aid for Sudan
Afghanistan: Still torn apart
EU parliament opposed to sugar reform
Indicators for more effective aid
Honour killings – an underestimated crime
Supachai Panitchpakdi to head UNCTAD?
IDA 14: More money for the poorest countries
Somalia: Government is looking for a residence
Haiti: Hopelessness
04/2005
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EU parliament opposed to sugar reform
The European Parliament has rejected the suggestions of the EU Commission to open the sugar market and to eliminate subsidies. At the beginning of March, a wide majority of the members of parliament declared themselves in favour of continuing to protect sugar producers in the EU from the cheaper foreign competition. The Commission wants to liberalise the European sugar regime because the current market regulations clash with the rules of the World Trade Organisation. (orb)
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