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Around 75 percent of EU fish stocks are over-fished (Photo: EUobserver)

EU accused of hypocrisy over weak fish deal

A leading pro-green NGO has said the EU's latest fisheries agreement should be a source of embarrassment at the Rio summit next week.

EU environment commissioner Janez Potocnik, speaking of the upcoming summit on sustainable development, told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday (13 June) the world must find "a new circular structure, where nothing is wasted and growth is driven by reducing pressures on the environment."

But his message fell flat in the Brussels office of the World ...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Around 75 percent of EU fish stocks are over-fished (Photo: EUobserver)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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