Italy opposes EU fishing package

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 26 - Italy on Monday said it opposed an EU ministerial agreement on a new fishing package in the Union.
    Agriculture and Fisheries Undersecretary Luigi D'Eramo, in his speech to the ongoing EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg, said Italy opposes the adoption of the Council's conclusions on the EU fishing package, taking into account "the unanimous position of the 13th Agriculture Commission of the Chamber of Deputies (lower house), which on 20 June voted a document" on the "EU plan for sustainable and resilient fishing", in which "a negative assessment of the European Commission's proposal emerges" and the request for a "social and economic impact assessment".
    D'Eramo told the farm and fisheries ministers that Rome was taking this step "with regret".
    photo: Fishermen in Ancona protest EU action plan (ANSA).