Information about end-recipients of EU farm support should be public, EU commissioners Mariann Fischer Boel and Siim Kallas have confirmed in a letter to the European Ombudsman.
The proposal will be included in a Green paper on transparency to be tabled in March, according to Danish daily Information.
The Green paper is a follow-up to the Transparency Initiative launched by the commission at the end of 2005.
Last year, the European Union spent €43.5 billion on agriculture, ...
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.