Brussels, Belgium, June 19, 2025 (AFP) - EU countries back winemaker support plan, with 'low-alcohol' tweak

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EU countries Thursday backed plans by Brussels to give winemakers a leg up -- with some tweaks, including reducing labelling requirements for exports and renaming "alcohol-light" products "low-alcohol". The European Commission in March unveiled a raft of measures to help Europe's wine sector face challenges from falling demand, to climate change and global trade tensions. Europe accounts for 60 percent of the world's production but young people i......

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