And they rather wish Mr Fischler had not been stopped from eating olives raw.
True, but even the six would be enough to form a blocking minority against the Fischler reforms.
EU's agricultural commissioner, Franz Fischler, which is likely to shift spending from production subsidies to broader rural development goals.
"Erik is one of those people who everyone in high school said was going to be famous, " says Ms. Fischler.
Franz Fischler, the farm commissioner, recently gave warning that without further price cuts the beef and dairy mountains would soon return.
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"We've been saying for years he should do this, " says Ms. Fischler.
Mr Fischler, an Austrian, may hang on to his farming portfolio.
Franz Fischler, the farm commissioner, and Sir Leon Brittan, the commissioner for trade, have also been giving the impression of business more or less as usual.
Fischler urged member states to take advantage of the so-called purchase for destruction scheme, a special six-month programme that pays farmers to have their older cattle destroyed.
The optional purchase scheme had only been used fully in France and the Republic of Ireland and, to a lesser extent, in Spain and Luxembourg, Fischler noted.
While Franz Fischler, the fisheries commissioner, said on November 5th that he was willing to consider alternatives to banning cod fishing, his scientists were insisting that a complete ban was necessary.
It looks as if the Germans in particular will agree to a French demand to delay major reforms until after 2006, in return for a commitment to some of the principles behind the Fischler package.
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