The European Commission on Friday proposed to deliver €1 billion in emergency funding over the next two years to the developing world to help them grapple with the global food crisis.
A number of member states however are critical of the plan, saying that while something must be done to deal with the crisis, "Barroso's billion" - as one diplomat called emergency fund - is not the way to go about it.
The commission proposed the establishment of a special "facility for rapid respons...
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