12 Member States against the liberalisation of planting rights: Slovakia joins the anti-liberalisation camp
In a letter dated June 10, the Slovak Minister of Agriculture - Mr. Zsolt Simon - openly declared to Commissioner Ciolos his opposition to the liberalisation of planting rights. Slovakia is the 12th Member State* that is against the disappearance of a production potential management mechanism in the wine sector. To reach a qualified majority in the Council of Ministers, we still need 2 Member States and 66 votes. EFOW welcomes this development and urges the Commission to make a legislative proposal in the context of CAP reform. *12 Member States against the liberalisation of planting rights: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Austria, Romania, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Republic of Slovakia.
A new opponent for the liberalization of planting rights: the Czech Republic
On the 31st of May, the Czech Republic joined the front of Member States opposed to the liberalisation of planting rights. The Czech government, in a press release, expressed itself against the loss of this production potential management mechanism in viticulture.