Roberto Abraham Scaruffi: German Minister Blocking Push for Transparency

Tuesday 28 April 2009

German Minister Blocking Push for Transparency

German Minister Blocking Push for Transparency German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner doesn't want to follow an EU directive requiring member states to publish how much individual farmers receive in subsidies. She claims it is a matter of privacy, but some suspect Aigner is aiming to secure votes for her party in the European Parliament. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,621469,00.html#ref=nlint