Some wine is produced more or less exclusively for destruction, complains Mrs Fischer Boel (herself a farmer's wife).

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

European Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel believes something must be done to help winemakers exit the sector in a "decent" way.

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They include Neelie Kroes, the Dutch nominee who has been assigned the competition portfolio, and Mariann Fischer Boel, a Dane who has been nominated as agriculture commissioner.

ECONOMIST: The European Commission