TOP agriculture officials from countries in line to join the European Union visited East Lancashire to see first hand how it their country's farmers would have to cope.
Representatives from 13 EU candidate countries visited farms in the Slaidburn area after the Foreign and Commonwealth Office read a report by local farmers and asked them to host the working party as part of a tour.
The Bowland Transnational Group of Farmers sparked extensive interest nationally with its report "Are the UK's Farmers in a Common Market?"
The group of visitors comprises one senior official from each of the 13 EU candidate countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Hungary, Sloveina, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Cyprus and Malta.
William Slinger, from the Bowland Transnational Group said: "The visit provided us with a valuable opportunity to share our understanding of Brussels and both the positive and negative aspects of working the Common Agricultural Policy."
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