Bulgaria Rises Against EU Vine Liberalization

Bulgaria in EU | March 8, 2012, Thursday // 14:40|  views

File photo of Bulgarian vine plants

Bulgaria has declared its opposition to the liberalization of vine planting rights in the European Union that is scheduled to begin from 2016.

Thus, the Balkan country has become the 15th EU member state to the planned liberalization after Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Austria, Romania, Luxembourg, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece and Slovenia.

In 2007, the Council of Ministers gave the green light, to the liberalisation of planting rights, as the European Commission wanted to make the bloc more competitive in the face of strong growth in so-called "New World wines" coming from South America, Australia and South Africa, Europolitics has reminded.

However, wine producing countries in Europe have since shown increasing hostility towards the move, claiming that liberalisation would create market imbalances and result in excess production.

According to a report presented by the Assembly of European Wine-Producing Regions (AREV), the elimination of planting rights could result in an "overproduction crisis".

Opposition to the proposed liberalization of vine planting rights is also said to be growing in the European Parliament.

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