
From Barrique to Putzeimer – the EU pays for Germany’s wine problem
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For this purpose, 14.16 million euros of EU money go to German winemakers. Now the EU is resorting to crisis distillation: Around 24 million liters of German wine are to be processed into industrial alcohol, for example for disinfectants or cleaning products.
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For this purpose, 14.16 million euros of EU money go to German winemakers.
according to Frankfurter Rundschau +1Now the EU is resorting to crisis distillation: Around 24 million liters of German wine are to be processed into industrial alcohol, for example for disinfectants or cleaning products.
according to Frankfurter Rundschau +1
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