Agriculture Minister But to Begin Tour of Three EU Members and Commission

Ljubljana, 14 October - Slovenian Agriculture Minister Franci But is to tour three EU member states and the European Commission this week. The visits to Portugal, the Netherlands, France and the European Commission will take place ahead of the final round of EU accession negotiations that are to deal with the agriculture chapter, long considered to be one of the toughest of issues negotiated by the applicant countries and the EU.