EU to unveil new biofuel strategy

The European Union will this week unveil a new strategy for the use of biofuels across the 25-member bloc.

Mariann Fischer Boel, European commissioner for agriculture and rural development, previewed the possibilities for a Europe run on biofuel in the Feb. 6 edition of Parliament Magazine.

“The seeds have already been sown through our recent agricultural reform program,” she said. “As agricultural subsidies are ‘decoupled’ from production under a deal signed in 2003, farmers will be free to respond to the market’s demand for non-food crops that can be used for biofuels.”

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