Recent comments by Scottish MEP Struan Stevenson has thrown up some interesting proposals regarding fishermen who have been, and will continue to be, made redundant as a result of the European Union’s downsizing of its fleet.
The European Parliament will vote on the Commission’s proposal for a multi-annual budget for 2014-2020 before th
The budget contains a proposal for £5 billion (€6.3 billion/$7.8 billion) for the fisheries sector to cover six years and Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has dismissed any hope of a higher overall budget allocation for the fund due to the current difficult economic situation.
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