Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
Reuters, Benoit Van Overstraeten
The French Agriculture Ministry said on Monday it would give the wine industry additional support of 130 million euros ($149.80 million) for the further uprooting of vines, to guard against excessive output, adding it would also ask the European Union to chip in.
"The sector is suffering from a deteriorating situation, marked by the effects of climate change, which have repeatedly affected harvests for several years, the continuing decline in wine consumption – particularly red wines – and major geopolitical tensions," the ministry said in a statement.
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